KitchenKitchen converter and cooking helper
Convert cups, spoons, grams and oven temperatures, find a substitute for a missing ingredient, look up pressure cooker times, and check the English or Hindi name of a spice, dal or vegetable.
Spoons, cups and ml
Grams, ounces and pounds
Oven temperature
- Cups to gramsAtta, maida, sugar, rice, ghee and more, by ingredient.
- MeasuresTeaspoon, tablespoon, cup, ml, katori, pav, tola and seer.
- Oven temperaturesCelsius, Fahrenheit and gas mark, with fan oven settings.
- SubstitutesWhat to use when an ingredient is missing.
- Cooking timesPressure cooker minutes for dals, beans and rice.
- How much to cookRice, dal, atta and vegetables for any number of people.
- Food storageHow long food keeps in the fridge and the freezer.
- Spice namesJeera, ajwain, kalonji: English and Hindi names with uses.
- Dal and grain namesDals, flours and millets in English and Hindi.
- Vegetable namesTori, tinda, parwal: English and Hindi names with season.
Ten kitchen facts worth remembering
- 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 15 ml.
- 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 240 ml.
- 1 cup of atta is about 120 g; 1 cup of sugar is about 200 g.
- 1 cup of raw rice is about 185 g and feeds two to three people.
- 180 °C = 350 °F = gas mark 4, the usual heat for cakes.
- In a fan oven, set about 20 °C lower.
- 1 ounce is about 28 g; 1 pound is about 454 g.
- "Ek pav" in the market is 250 g.
- Soak rajma and chana for 8 hours before cooking.
- Cooked food should not stay out for more than two hours.
Questions people ask
Is this site free?
Yes. There is no login and nothing to install. The converters work inside your browser.
Which cup size do you use?
A 240 ml cup, the size on most measuring cup sets and food labels. The measures page explains the 250 ml metric cup as well.
Are the weights exact?
They are close guides. A cup of flour changes with how it is filled. For baking, weigh in grams when you can.