Quantities made easy
- a 500 g bag of dried lentils is approximately 2½ cups (625 ml)
- 1½ cups cooked chickpeas or beans = 1 tin (400 g)
- the juice of ½ lemon is approximately 1 tablespoon (15 ml)
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) chickpea or pea flour + 4 tablespoons (60 ml) purified water can substitute 1 egg; or
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) guar gum + 4 tablespoons (60 ml) purified water can substitute 1 egg
Metric Volume Equivalents
Quantities given in this website are in cups, millilitres, tablespoons and teaspoons:
millilitre = ml
litre = ℓ
gram = g
kilogram = kg
centimetre = cm
millimetre = mm
a pinch = less than 1/8 or half of 1 ml
a knob of butter = approximately 2 teaspoons (10 ml)
Equivalent Measures (approximate) as used in our recipes
¼ tsp = 1 ml
½ tsp = 2 ml
1 tsp = 5 ml
1 tbsp = 15 ml
2 tbsp = 30 ml
3 tbsp = 45 ml
4 tbsp = 60 ml
¼ cup = 60 ml
⅓ cup = 80 ml
½ cup = 125 ml
¾ cup = 200 ml
1 cup = 250 ml
1½ cups = 375 ml
2 cups = 500 ml
4 cups =1000 ml i.e. 1 litre or 1 ℓ
Metric / Imperial Equivalent Measures
| Metric | Imperial |
| Capacity | |
| 150 ml = | ¼ pint |
| 300 ml = | ½ pint |
| 600 ml = | 1 pint |
| 1 litre = | 1¾ pints |
| Weight | |
| 25 g = | 1 oz |
| 50 g = | 2 oz |
| 100 g = | 4 oz |
| 225 g = | 8 oz |
| 350 g = | 12 oz |
| 450 g = | 1 lb |
| 1 kg = | 2¼ lb |
| Length | |
| 2,5 cm = | 1 inch |
| 15 cm = | 6 inch |
| 30,5 cm = | 12 inch |
Cake pans
20 cm springform cake pan = 8 inch
20 cm square cake pan = 8 inch
23 cm springform cake pan = 9 inch
25 cm springform cake pan = 10 inch
Liquids*
| metric | cup | imperial |
| 30 ml | 1 fl oz | |
| 60 ml | ¼ cup | 2 fl oz |
| 80 ml | ⅓ cup | 3 ½ fl oz |
| 100 ml | 2 ¾ fl oz | |
| 125 ml | ½ cup | 4 fl oz |
| 150 ml | 5 fl oz | |
| 180 ml | 6 fl oz | |
| 200 ml | ¾ cup | 7 fl oz |
| 250 ml | 1 cup | 8 ¾ fl oz |
| 310 ml | 10 ½ fl oz | |
| 375 ml | 1 ½ cups | 13 fl oz |
| 430 ml | 15 fl oz | |
| 475 ml | 16 fl oz | |
| 500 ml | 2 cups | 17 fl oz |
| 625 ml | 2 ½ cups | 21 ½ fl oz |
| 750 ml | 3 cups | 26 fl oz |
| 1ℓ | 4 cups | 35 fl oz |
| 1.25 ℓ | 5 cups | 44 fl oz |
| 1.5 ℓ | 6 cups | 52 fl oz |
| 2 ℓ | 8 cups | 70 fl oz |
| 2.5 ℓ | 10 cups | 88 fl oz |
Mass (weight)
10 g = ¼ oz
15 g = ½ oz
30 g = 1 oz
60 g = 2 oz
90 g = 3 oz
125 g = 4 oz (¼ lb)
155 g = 5 oz
185 g = 6 oz
220 g = 7 oz
250 g = 8 oz (½ lb)
280 g = 9 oz
315 g = 10 oz
345 g = 11 oz
375 g = 12 oz (3/4 lb)
410 g = 13 oz
440g = 14 oz
470 g = 15 oz
500 g (½ kg) = 16 oz (1 lb)
750 g = 24 oz (1½ lb)
1 kg = 32 oz (2 lb)
1.5 kg = 48 oz (3 lb)
2 kg = 64 oz (4 lb)
Oven temperatures
| celsius (electric) |
celsius (fan forced) |
fahrenheit | gas | |
| 120º | 100º | 250º | 1 | very slow |
| 150º | 130º | 300º | 2 | slow |
| 160º | 140º | 325º | 3 | moderately slow |
| 180º | 160º | 350º | 4 | moderate |
| 190º | 170º | 375º | 5 | moderately hot |
| 200º | 180º | 400º | 6 | hot |
| 230º | 210º | 450º | 7 | very hot |
| 250º | 230º | 500º | 9 | very hot |
Important note:
Oven thermostats vary, therefore your oven may be warmer or cooler than our test oven – if you find that the oven temperatures used on this website are too hot, we would recommend that you reduce the temperature of your thermofan oven by 20°C, and the imported thermofan ovens by 30°C. Thermofan ovens are equipped with a fan at the back of the oven, whereas conventional ovens do not have this facility.
Conventional oven temperatures remain the same as suggested in the recipes. We suggest you buy a good oven thermometer and check the temperature of your oven. If using a fan-forced or thermofan oven, your cooking time may be a little quicker, so start checking your food a little earlier.
