Cups to Grams Cooking Converter
Convert cups, tablespoons and teaspoons to grams, and back, for flour, atta, besan, sugar, rice, butter and more.
Grams
240 g
- Cups
- 2
- Tablespoons
- 32
- Teaspoons
- 96
- Millilitres
- 473.176 ml
2 cups of plain flour (maida) is about 240 g, or 2 cups.
How it's worked out
- One US cup of plain flour (maida)120 g
- Your amount
2 cup × 120 g240 g
- Weights are for spooned, levelled cups. Scooped flour can weigh 20% more, so weigh it for baking.
How it works
Grams = volume × weight of that ingredient per cup
A US cup is 237 ml, a tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup and a teaspoon 1/48. Metric recipes use a 250 ml cup, a 15 ml tablespoon and a 5 ml teaspoon. Australian recipes use the same cup and teaspoon but a 20 ml tablespoon.
Worked example
2 US cups of plain flour is about 240 g. 100 g of white sugar is half a US cup.
Questions people ask
How many grams is a cup of flour?
About 120 g of plain flour (maida) in a US cup, spooned and levelled. A metric cup of 250 ml holds about 127 g.
How many grams is a cup of sugar?
About 200 g of white sugar in a US cup.
Why does a cup of flour weigh less than a cup of water?
Flour is light and full of air; a cup of water weighs about 237 g. That's why recipes in grams are more reliable for baking.
About this calculator
Formula and rules last checked 25 October 2026Written and tested by the CalculatorDex teamReport a problem