Flour is the basis for preparing a wide variety of dishes. The cooking recipe requires the exact weight of the ingredients, since the surplus or deficiencies of a particular product can irrevocably ruin the meal. There are several ways to measure flour at home.
It is necessary
- - kitchen scales;
- - beaker;
- - a tablespoon;
- - faceted glass.
Instructions
Step 1
The fastest and most reliable method for measuring weight is weighing with a kitchen scale. They can be mechanical or electronic. The latter option is more accurate and allows you to determine the weight of the product down to 0.1 gram. Since flour leaves behind white traces, you need to weigh it in a plastic bag or in a container, remembering to subtract its mass from the total weight.
Step 2
Another popular way to measure bulk solids is to use special measuring cups. They are transparent containers marked with the weight of various products. You should not sift flour before you use a measuring cup or kitchen utensils to determine its weight. The sifted flour takes up a much larger volume and the data obtained will be inaccurate.
Step 3
If you don't have a kitchen scale or a measuring cup at hand, you can weigh the flour using ordinary dishes. It is convenient to measure small portions with spoons. To do this, scoop up the flour with a tablespoon and gently shake it so that only a small "slide" remains. A standard tablespoon holds 25 g. A teaspoon holds 10 g of flour.
Step 4
Larger amounts of flour are easier to measure with a glass. Take a regular faceted glass and fill it with flour. It is better to sprinkle the flour with a tablespoon, so it will not be compacted and evenly distributed over the entire container. A 250 ml glass filled up to the top rim holds 160 g of flour. If you pour it flush with the edges, the mass will be 180 g.
Step 5
You can also determine the weight of a large amount of flour using the following technique. When you need to get half a kilogram of flour, you divide "by eye" a standard 2-kilogram pack into two equal parts. And after that, divide another part into halves. Of course, this method is rather approximate, and it is advisable to use it for measuring only large portions of flour.
