Modern cooking is replete with recipes, which often indicate a very accurate amount of different products: dry bulk - in grams, and liquid - in milliliters. However, not every housewife has a kitchen electronic scale. Many consider a more practical method of measurement, which came to us from antiquity, a simplified method of measuring the volume of products using glasses, tablespoons or teaspoons.
At the same time, often the hostesses, having started another concoction, freeze in thought: how to find out how many grams of flour are in a tablespoon? After all, these devices come in two types: full-sized - seven centimeters long and four wide, as well as shortened "dessert" - with a five-centimeter scoop.
And flour can have a different look and grinding, density and humidity. A large role in solving the question of how many grams of flour in a tablespoon is played by its fullness (with a slide, without a slide or with a “high comb”).
The “Bible” of all the cooks in our country - the “Book about tasty and healthy food” approved the average value: 25 grams of wheat flour and 30 grams of potato flour.
A tablespoon filled “without a hill” contains 10 g of wheat flour. To do this, flour in a spoon is “cut off” with a knife. How many grams of flour in a tablespoon "with a hill" - a smooth mound? Chefs say that this way you can measure 15 g of “loose bread”.
A high “hill” of wholemeal and non-compacted wheat flour can hide up to 30 g of dry matter, and ground “into dust” of corn - up to 35 g.
How many grams of flour in a tablespoon can be obtained if, scooping up the loose mass, remove the “scallop” or shake a little with a spoon to make a neat slide? Thus, you can get a product yield from 17 to 19 - 20 grams.
In addition to this important ingredient in baking, butter or vegetable oil is often required. They can also be measured with a universal device. How many grams are in a tablespoon of butter? A piece - twenty-five, melted - 20 g, and vegetable - 18-20 g. In addition, melted margarine for cookies in a tablespoon will fit 15 g.
If you are lucky enough to bring a souvenir spoon from abroad, then you need to take into account the difference between how many grams of flour in a tablespoon of domestic production and foreign. So, for example, our spoon has a standard volume of 18 ml, its “friend” from Australia - 20 ml, and from the USA or Canada - 15 ml.
Custard buckwheat pancakes can be prepared from seven full tablespoons of flour with a slide, mixing in half wheat and buckwheat flour; one cup of kefir, two or three eggs, four or less (to taste) tablespoons of sugar; a pinch of soda and salt, as well as 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil and hot milk (or water). Remember how many grams of oil are in a tablespoon? Right, 17-18.
Beat eggs with sugar, add warm kefir with soda, salt and rub it thoroughly. Next, pour the flour mixture and gently stir with a whisk to exclude the formation of lumps. Carefully, pour a hot stream of hot milk and vegetable oil, stirring until smooth. Bake in a hot cast iron skillet. Lubricate the finished pancakes with butter and serve on the table with honey or your favorite jam. Bon Appetit!