There are how many grams of a substance equivalent to the number of cups? In most of the recipes, the cooks asked for having such number of cups which does not make it clear how many grams. Cup is not a standard to be used in recipes because different people use different size of the cups. Each cup has its separate volume and its hard for the learners to get know which size of the cup should be used to add specific ingredient of the recipe for which the measurement has been mentioned in number of cups.

This ambiguity develops a sense for using weight in grams for ingredients because gram is a standard and would be same in every country. If an ingredient is added more or less, it changes or at least affect the taste of a recipe. So taste conscious people have to be conscious about the exact amount of the ingredients. But the cooks do not bother all these things and use the measurement of the ingredients in number of cups. Most of the recipes use 300 grams standard for some ingredients. So, one taste conscious person needs to convert 300 grams to cups for developing the same taste as was stated in the recipe.

There are different views about changing or converting 300 grams to cups. It depends upon the nature and kind of the ingredient as well. For example, if the ingredient is solid its 300 grams would equal to one or two number of cups. If it is liquid, then its 300 grams would be equal to more than two cups. Some important ingredients of recipes are flour, salt and oil. 300 grams of flour would be equal to almost one cup. 300 grams of salt would also be equal to less than a cup because salt is heavier than flour. But 300 grams of oil would be equal to more than two cups. But no one can measure all these things in their exact amount. By practicing, everyone can sooner or later become such a cook to use the exact amount of ingredients automatically.