How many cups is 250g of dried lentils?
250g of dried lentils (dry lentils) is
1¼ cups + 1 tbsp
That's 1.30 US cups, 1.23 metric cups, or 21 level tablespoons.
Worked out from 1 US cup = 192g. Cups are rounded to the nearest kitchen fraction, with what's left over in level tablespoons. If you have scales, weighing is more accurate.
Other amounts of dried lentils
- 100g: ½ cup
- 200g: 1 cup + 1 tbsp
- 1 cup: 192g
- Half a cup: 96g
- A quarter cup: 48g
- 1 tablespoon: 12g
- Full table for dried lentils
Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, food 16069: “Lentils, raw”. USDA lists these household measures for it:
- 1 cup = 192g
- 1 tablespoon = 12g
Fractions of a cup are the cup weight scaled down. The teaspoon is a third of the tablespoon. Metric-cup figures assume a 250ml cup, and Australian tablespoons hold 20ml. Weights under 10g are rounded to 0.1g, everything else to the nearest gram. Full source list.