All recipes can be divided into 2 types. The first is when the volume and quantity of ingredients is indicated in pieces, tablespoons, glasses. The second type is when the weight of the products is indicated in grams. Often, housewives have difficulty meeting recipes from the second category. Indeed, how to determine "by eye" 70 gr. one or another product? Of course, you can acquire weights and weigh each ingredient individually. But this is not very convenient, it is much easier to transfer grams to tablespoons. You can print and hang a sign in the kitchen: 1 tablespoon = how many grams of a product.
First, consider the most popular ingredients.
How many grams are in a tablespoon:
- Oatmeal - 14 gr.
- Potato, corn or wheat flour - 30 gr.
- Barley, semolina or buckwheat - 25 gr.
- Barley, pearl barley or oatmeal - 20 gr.
- Vegetable oil - 17 gr.
- Condensed milk - 30 gr.
- Millet - 25 gr.
- Rice - 30 gr.
- Sugar - 25 gr.
- Tomato paste - 25 gr.
- Water - 18 gr.
- Salts - 30 gr.
- Baking soda - 28 gr.
- Cream -14 gr.
- Sour cream - 25 gr.
- Whole milk - 18 gr.
- Liquid honey - 35 gr.
- Ground pepper - 18 gr.
- Cottage cheese - 17 gr.
The following ingredients are found in cooking a little less often, however, to prepare delicious dishes, it is just as important to know their weight.
How many grams are in a tablespoon:
- Gelatin - 15 gr.
- Citric acid - 25 gr.
- Ground cinnamon - 20 gr.
- Fruit and berry puree - 50 gr.
- Jam - 50 gr.
- Egg powder - 25 gr.
- Vinegar - 15 gr.
- Breadcrumbs - 15 gr.
- Powdered Sugar - 25 gr.
- Milk powder - 20 gr.
- Almond kernels - 30 gr.
- Maca - 18 gr.
- Ground coffee - 20 gr.
- Cocoa Powder - 25 gr.
- Peanuts - 25 gr.
- Liqueur - 20 gr.
- Peeled peas - 25 gr.
- Dried mushrooms - 20 gr.
- Mayonnaise - 25 gr.
Spoons measure not only cereals and spices. Sometimes you need to know how many grams of fresh berries or fruits are in a tablespoon.
- Fresh cherries -30 gr.
- Raisins - 25 gr.
- Fresh strawberries - 25 gr.
- Fresh raspberries - 20 gr.
- Blackcurrant - 30 gr.
- Dried blueberries - 15 gr.
- Prune berries - 25 gr.
Sometimes it’s important to know how many grams of medicinal herbs are in a tablespoon, but this largely depends on the composition of the collection. On average, the weight is 4-5 grams.
Perhaps this is the most complete list of products that can be useful in cooking. Of course, sometimes there are products that are inconvenient to measure with a tablespoon - for example beans or refined sugar. Such ingredients in a recipe are usually measured in glasses.
Many housewives are also concerned not only with the question of how many grams are in a tablespoon, but also how to put the products in a spoon so that the measurement is accurate. In this case, an unspoken rule applies. Fluid products such as liquid honey, water or milk are measured at the edge. Loose - impose with a small hill. In principle, this usually happens. It is unlikely that anyone managed to take a tablespoon of vinegar or liquor with a slide.
To measure the right amount of ingredients, you can use not only a tablespoon, but also a teaspoon, as well as a glass. A tablespoon approximately (approximately and not for all products) is equal to three teaspoons. Tea is most often taken to measure those ingredients that are added to the dish in a small amount - pepper, salt, soda. The dining room measures the main products - honey, cottage cheese, cocoa. Glasses usually put flour or sugar.
The exact dosage and weight of the products is most important to observe during conservation. A small excess of salt or sugar usually does not threaten anything - well, unless the taste can change a little. But the disadvantage can affect the duration of storage of the workpiece.
In addition, cook exactly in grams, you can advise novice housewives. Until the hand is full and there is no experience to add all the ingredients “by eye”, it is worth carefully following the recipe. Otherwise, a dish that is done for the first time (and the easiest way to spoil pastries, biscuits) may not work out at all. With experience, housewives, as a rule, depart from the traditional recipe and change the dish to their taste - some foods will be added more, and some less.