Converts cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, milliliters, and grams for eight ingredients, and shows the Korean cup (200 ml) and the US cup (about 240 ml) side by side.
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Results vary with the ingredient and how you fill the cup.
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| Ingredient | Korean cup (200 ml) | US cup (about 240 ml) | 1 tbsp (15 ml) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water | 200.35 g | 237 g | 15.03 g |
| Milk | 206.27 g | 244 g | 15.47 g |
| All-purpose flour | 105.67 g | 125 g | 7.93 g |
| Granulated sugar | 169.07 g | 200 g | 12.68 g |
| Table salt | 246.84 g | 292 g | 18.51 g |
| Butter | 191.89 g | 227 g | 14.39 g |
| Cooking oil | 184.29 g | 218 g | 13.82 g |
| Rice (uncooked) | 169.07 g | 200 g | 12.68 g |
Basis: the weight of 1 US cup (236.588 ml) in USDA FoodData Central. Korean cup = 200 ml, tablespoon = 15 ml, teaspoon = 5 ml.
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Cooking measurement conversion changes an amount in a recipe from one unit to another, such as cups to milliliters or cups to grams. A cup, a tablespoon, and a teaspoon measure volume, and a gram measures weight, so the grams in a cup depend on the ingredient.
The size of a cup also depends on the country. A Korean measuring cup is 200 ml. A US cup is 8 US fluid ounces, 236.588 ml, and is often rounded to 240 ml.
With the USDA figure, 1 US cup of all-purpose flour is 125 g, and 1 Korean cup (200 ml) is about 106 g. Flour packs down easily. A cup that is scooped and packed weighs more than a cup that is spooned in and leveled.
No. A Korean measuring cup is 200 ml. A US cup is 236.588 ml, often rounded to 240 ml, so it holds about 18% more. When a Korean recipe says 1 cup, use about 0.85 US cup.
They come from one source: the weight of 1 cup in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Per US cup, the tool uses water 237 g, whole milk 244 g, all-purpose flour 125 g, granulated sugar 200 g, table salt 292 g, butter 227 g, vegetable oil 218 g, and raw short-grain white rice 200 g.
It is an estimate. The weight of a cup changes with the brand, the grain size, the humidity, and how you fill the cup. Coarse salt, brown sugar, and other flours have different densities from the eight ingredients here. For baking, weigh the ingredients on a scale.
In Korean home recipes, a paper cup means about 180 ml, and a rice spoon (the spoon you eat with) means about 10 ml. These are customary values. Paper cups and spoons differ in size, so the tool writes "about" next to them.
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