In recipes, a glass is often given as a measure. And, it would seem, if you know exactly its volume, you can determine how much it is 3/4 cup.
Volume of a standard glass
We take a standard thin glass with a volume of 250 g, or 250 ml. Divide this figure into 4 parts, multiply by 3 to find out how much it is 3/4 cup. We get the answer - 187.5 g. However, the glasses themselves are different. For example, faceted, to which our parents are accustomed, with a volume of 200 g to the upper transverse strip (to the edges - 250 g), is already very rarely found on sale. But many housewives have it. Some use a mug as a measure. A standard cup holds 200 ml of water. To determine how much capacity is in front of you, you can see the numbers at the bottom. Many manufacturers on the outside indicate the capacity of the dishes.
Different weight products
In addition, few people know that each ingredient has a different weight in the same two hundred gram capacity. 3/4 cup for flour, for example, is 110 grams, and for water - 185. Relative characteristics will help to translate the value indicated in the recipe.
Converting product weights into volumetric measures
- Porridge. Buckwheat - 210 g in a thin glass and 165 g in faceted; it turns out that 3/7 fits 157.5 (124) g of cereal. In 1 cup semolina will be 10 g less, and wheat 10 g more. Rice, barley - 230 (180) g; 172.5 (135) g in 3/4 cup. Oatmeal - 90 (75) g; three quarters of this is 67.5 (57) g.
- In some recipes, ready-made porridge is found as an ingredient. 3/4 cup of finished porridge is 175 ml, and filled to the brim - 230 g.
- Oils. Sunflower oil, margarine and butter in melted form are approximately the same - 240 (190) g; in 3/4 cup 180 (142.5) g.
- Milk. Fresh - 255 (200) g; dry - 120 (100) g. Accordingly, 191 (150) and 90 (75) g are 3/4 of fresh and powdered milk in a glass.
- Flour. 160 (130) g in a glass, in 3/4 cup - 120 (97.5) g. Potato flour weighs 40 g more.
- Jam, jam and tomato paste, due to its dense consistency, weigh 300 (250) g in the volume of a glass, 225 (187.5) g in 3/4 of this dish.
- Sugar. In the form of sand - 220 (180) g; 3/4 of the cup is 165 (135) g. Sugar in the form of powder - 180 (140) g in a whole glass, in 3/4 - 135 (102) g.
- Cream and sour cream - 250 (200) g, 3/4 of our vessel - 187.5 (150) g.
- Peas, beans - 220 (205) g; three quarters of a glass is 165 (154) g.
- 1 thin glass of nuts will intervene 170 g, and crackers - only 125 g. 3/4 of these numbers, respectively, will be 128 g and 94 g.
- Powders: starch, cocoa - 150 g (3/4 - 112 g). Egg - 100 g (3/4 - 75 g).
- Ground crackers - 125 g; 3/4 - 94 g.
The mistress will help
In order not to remember all this information, but always know exactly how much it is 3/4 cup, it is easier to buy a measuring cup (shows the volume in ml). Then there will be no problems with cooking according to various recipes. They can measure the volume of berries, condensed milk and generally put anything in it.
There is also a kitchen scale that shows the weight in grams. Very convenient and inexpensive electronic scales help out when special accuracy is required.