Convert White Rice measurements

White Rice Measurement Converter

Use the tool below to convert white rice from the measurements in your recipe to the measurements that you need.

Many rice dishes and recipes from East and Southeast Asia measure rice in cups, but the gram weight varies with how tightly the grains pack. One metric cup (250 ml) of uncooked white rice weighs 215 g (7.58 oz). This converter moves between cups, grams, tablespoons, and ounces for any amount a recipe needs.

Dry rice packs loosely or firmly in a cup, shifting the weight by up to 15 g depending on the grain and how the cup is filled. Weighing in grams keeps your rice-to-water ratio accurate every time you cook.

Also known as

• plain rice
• long-grain rice

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White Rice Calculators & Baking Tools

Working with white rice? These tools handle the jobs a converter cannot.

• Cooked Rice Converter Work out how much cooked rice a cup of dry rice makes.
• Recipe Scaler Scale any recipe up or down and keep every ingredient in ratio.
• Volume Converter Switch between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons and millilitres for any ingredient.
• Weight Converter Switch between grams, ounces, pounds and kilograms for any ingredient.

Common White Rice Conversions

Here are the most common white rice conversions from grams to cups.

White Rice Conversion Chart

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Are white rice and plain rice the same thing?

Yes. Plain rice is another name for white rice, so they are the same ingredient and measure identically. A cup of white rice weighs 215 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.

Is 1 cup of cooked white rice the same weight as 1 cup of dry white rice?

No. One cup of cooked white rice weighs about 165 g, while one cup of dry white rice weighs 215 g. They are different states: dry rice soaks up water and swells to roughly 4.17 times its volume as it cooks, so a single dry cup makes several cooked cups. Cooking changes the weight per cup, so the dry and cooked gram figures are not interchangeable. Use the cooked rice converter to switch between dry and cooked amounts. Open the cooked rice converter

What is 0.25 cups of white rice in tablespoons?

0.25 cups of white rice 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 white rice weigh?

1 cup of white rice in grams is 215 grams. The ratio is fixed, so 2 cups is 430 grams and half a cup is 107.5 grams. Weighing white rice by the cup is the most common way to measure it for baking. The chart above this FAQ lists the cup amounts recipes call for, and the converter at the top handles anything between them.

How do you measure white rice in cups?

100 grams of white rice is 0.47 cups. The conversion scales in a straight line, so 200 grams is 0.93 cups and 50 grams is 0.23 cups. Grams to cups helps when a recipe gives a weight but you measure with cups. The chart above this FAQ covers the other weights cooks measure out.

How do you measure white rice in tablespoons?

50 grams of white rice is 3.88 tablespoons. The ratio is fixed, so 100 grams is 7.75 tablespoons and 25 grams is 1.94 tablespoons. Tablespoons are handy for smaller amounts when you would rather not get out the scales. The chart above this FAQ turns the other common weights into tablespoons too.

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