Are ghee and clarified butter the same thing?

Yes. Clarified butter is another name for ghee, so they are the same ingredient and measure identically. A cup of ghee weighs 218 grams under either name, and every conversion on this page holds whichever name your recipe uses. Recipes swap the two freely, so you can follow either without changing quantities or weighing any differently.

What is 0.25 cups of ghee in tablespoons?

0.25 cups of ghee is 4.17 tablespoons. This is the same for any ingredient, since cups and tablespoons are both volume units and do not depend on what you are measuring. One cup is about 16.67 tablespoons, so 0.5 cups is 8.33 tablespoons. Use the volume converter to switch between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and millilitres for any amount.

How much does a cup of ghee weigh?

1 cup of ghee in grams is 218 grams. The ratio is fixed, so 2 cups is 436 grams and half a cup is 109 grams. Weighing ghee by the cup is the most common way to measure it for baking. See the full cup to grams chart for ghee, or use the converter on this page for any other amount.

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Ghee is clarified butter with the water and milk solids cooked off, leaving a pure golden cooking fat with a high smoke point and a nutty flavour. One metric cup (250 ml) of ghee weighs around 218 grams or 7.69 ounces. When a recipe lists ghee in cups but you are spooning from a jar, converting by weight keeps the fat ratio right.

Ghee is sold by weight in jars but often called for by the cup or spoon in baking and curries. Soft or melted ghee packs into a cup differently, so weighing in grams gives a steadier result.

Also known as

clarified butter
desi ghee
anhydrous milk fat

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Common Ghee Conversions

Here are the most common ghee conversions from cups to grams.

Cups	Grams
0.25 cups	54.5 g
0.5 cups	109 g
0.75 cups	163.5 g
1 cup	218 g
1.25 cups	272.5 g
1.5 cups	327 g
2 cups	436 g
2.5 cups	545 g
3 cups	654 g

Ghee Conversion Chart

The conversion chart below gives a quick reference for converting ghee to different measurements.

grams	cup	ounces	cup(US)	tbsp	tsp
100 g	0.46 cup	3.53 oz	0.48 cup (US)	7.65 tbsp	22.94 tsp
150 g	0.69 cup	5.29 oz	0.72 cup (US)	11.47 tbsp	34.4 tsp
250 g	1.15 cup	8.82 oz	1.19 cup (US)	19.11 tbsp	57.34 tsp
500 g	2.29 cup	17.64 oz	2.39 cup (US)	38.23 tbsp	114.68 tsp
750 g	3.44 cup	26.46 oz	3.58 cup (US)	57.34 tbsp	172.02 tsp

Frequently Asked Questions

Are ghee and clarified butter the same thing?: Yes. Clarified butter is another name for ghee, so they are the same ingredient and measure identically. A cup of ghee weighs 218 grams under either name, and every conversion on this page holds whichever name your recipe uses. Recipes swap the two freely, so you can follow either without changing quantities or weighing any differently.
What is 0.25 cups of ghee in tablespoons?: 0.25 cups of ghee is 4.17 tablespoons. This is the same for any ingredient, since cups and tablespoons are both volume units and do not depend on what you are measuring. One cup is about 16.67 tablespoons, so 0.5 cups is 8.33 tablespoons. Use the volume converter to switch between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and millilitres for any amount. Open the volume converter
How much does a cup of ghee weigh?: 1 cup of ghee in grams is 218 grams. The ratio is fixed, so 2 cups is 436 grams and half a cup is 109 grams. Weighing ghee by the cup is the most common way to measure it for baking. See the full cup to grams chart for ghee, or use the converter on this page for any other amount. 1 cup ghee in grams

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Related to Ghee

Butter

Butter is the natural stand-in for ghee, since ghee is made from butter. They are close in weight (227 g vs 218 g per cup), so swap 1:1 by volume. Butter has a lower smoke point and still contains water and milk solids, so it browns and burns sooner; keep ghee or clarified butter for high-heat frying. See our Butter converter.

Vegetable Oil

Vegetable oil replaces melted ghee in frying and in cakes that need a neutral fat. It is almost identical in weight (220 g vs 218 g per cup) but skips ghee's nutty, caramelised flavour and its high-heat richness. Use it where the flavour of ghee is not central to the dish. See our Vegetable Oil converter.

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