Weights and Measures of common foods
Most useful list or chart of Weights and Measures with different category of foods like vegetables, fruits, cereals, pulses, nuts and oil seeds etc.,
| INGREDIENT | MEASURE | WT. (Gms) | CATEGORY |
| Adrak (Ginger) | 1 | 10 | Vegetables |
| Akrot (Walnut) | 2 pc | 10 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Aloo (Potato) | 1 medium | 70 | Vegetables |
| Amrud (Guava) | 1 medium | 150 | Fruits |
| Atta (Wheat Flour) | 1 cup | 130 | Cereal |
| Average for all pulses and beans | 1/3 cup | 50 | Pulses |
| Badam (Almonds) | 9 big pcs. | 10 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Beetroot | 1 medium | 60 | Vegetables |
| Besan (Gram Flour) | 1/3 cup | 40 | Pulses |
| Bread (Big) | 1 Slice | 30 | Cereal |
| Bread (Small) | 1 Slice | 22 | Cereal |
| Bread Crumbs | cup / 1 tbsp | 30 / 8 | Cereal |
| Butter | cup / 1 tbsp | 60 / 15 | Dairy Products |
| Castor Sugar (Powdered) | Cup | 30 | Sugar |
| Cheese (Grated) | 1 tbsp | 5 | Dairy Products |
| Chikoo (Sapota) | 1 medium | 200 | Fruits |
| Cocoa Powder | 1 tbsp | 5 | Miscellaneous |
| Coconut Powder Dry (desiccated) | Cup | 17 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Coffee Powder | 1 tsp | 2 | Miscellaneous |
| Corn Flakes | Cup | 20 | Cereal |
| Corn Flour | 1 tbsp | 6 | Miscellaneous |
| Cream | 1 tbsp | 15 | Dairy Products |
| Curd | cup / 1 tbsp | 120 / 15 | Dairy Products |
| Custard Powder | 1 tbsp | 6 | Miscellaneous |
| Daliya / Dalia (Cracked Wheat) | 1 tbsp | 10 | Cereal |
| Drinking Chocolate | 1 tbsp | 10 | Miscellaneous |
| Elaichi Small (Green Cardamom) | 14 nos. | 2 | Miscellaneous |
| French Beans | 13 medium | 50 | Vegetables |
| Gelatine | 1 tbsp | 5 | Miscellaneous |
| Ghee (Solid) | cup / 1 tbsp | 60 / 15 | Fats and Oils |
| Granulated | Cup | 55 | Sugar |
| Groundnut Oil / Other Oil | cup / 1 tbsp | 40 / 10 | Fats and Oils |
| Hari Mirch (Green Chilly) | 3 nos. | 10 | Vegetables |
| Honey | 1 tbsp / 1 tsp | 15 / 5 | Sugar |
| Icing Sugar | cup / 1 tsp | 40 / 3 | Sugar |
| Jam | 1 tbsp | 20 | Miscellaneous |
| Kaju (Cashew nuts) | 6 big pcs. | 10 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Kela (Banana) | 1 medium | 100 | Fruits |
| Khira / Kheera (Cucumber) | 1 medium | 150 | Vegetables |
| Kishmish (Raisins) | 1 tbsp (approx 45 nos.) | 10 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Lemon | 1 medium | 30 | Fruits |
| Maida (Flour) | Cup | 60 | Cereal |
| Mango | 1 medium | 200 | Fruits |
| Matar (Peas) | 10 shelled | 25 | Vegetables |
| Mausambi, Orange, Malta | 1 medium | 150 | Fruits |
| Milk | 1 cup | 240 | Dairy Products |
| Milk Powder | Cup | 20 | Dairy Products |
| Moong Fali (Groundnuts / Peanuts) | 1 tbsp / cup | 10 / 40 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Paav / Pao (Plain Bun) | 1 Pc. | 60 | Cereal |
| Papita (Papaya) | 1 medium | 600 | Fruits |
| Patta Gobhi (Cabbage) | 1 medium | 400 | Vegetables |
| Phool Gobhi (Cauliflower) | 1 medium | 400 | Vegetables |
| Pineapple (canned) | 1 Slice | 50 | Fruits |
| Pista (Pistachio) | 1 tbsp (approx 18 big pcs) | 10 | Nuts and Oil Seeds |
| Pudina (Mint Leaves) | 6 stems | 5 | Vegetables |
| Rice | Cup | 80 | Cereal |
| Sabudana / Saboodana (Sago) | Cup | 40 | Miscellaneous |
| Salt | 1 tsp | 5 | Miscellaneous |
| Seb (Apple), Nashpati (Pear) | 1 medium | 80 | Fruits |
| Shakkar (Brown Sugar) | Cup | 30 | Sugar |
| Shimla Mirch (Capsicum) | 1 medium | 50 | Vegetables |
| Spices | 1 tsp | 2 | Miscellaneous |
| Sprouted Pulse | 1/3 cup dry (50 gm) | 170 (sprouted) | Pulses |
| Suji / Sooji (Semolina) | Cup | 30 | Cereal |
| Tamatar (Tomato) | 1 medium | 50 | Vegetables |
| Tea Leaves | 1 tsp | 1.5 | Miscellaneous |
| Tomato Sauce | 1 tsp | 5 | Miscellaneous |
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