I like to cook the metric way, meaning that my preference is to weigh ingredients. This gives me a certain degree of accuracy. My wife calls it by the more colourful handle “anal”.
For my own reference and also your benefit, I want to keep track of certain equivalents. Where possible, these will be based upon my own experience using actual ingredients.
Chickpea conversion (dried)
| Date | Brand | Dry (cups) | Dry (grammes) | Soaked (grammes) | Peeled (grammes) | Comments |
| 2019-11-16 | NuPak | | 400 | 801 | 723 | I didn't keep track of the equivalent in cups. |
Fava bean conversion (dried)
| Date | Brand | Dry (cups) | Dry (grammes) | Soaked (grammes) | Peeled (grammes) | Comments |
| 2019-11-16 | Cedar | | 400 | 873 | 693 | 1) I didn't keep track of the equivalent in cups. 2) I forgot to record the weight of the soaked beans, so I weighed the skins afterwards and added that to the peeled weight. I might dispose of this data later. |
Rice conversion (dried)
| Date | Brand | Type | Cup (dry; 8 oz) | Weight (dry; g) | Cup (cooked; 8 oz) | Weight (cooked; 8 oz) | Comments |
| 2019-11-19 | Cedar | Brown Basmati Natural Rice | 1 | 174 | | | 1) Add 2 1/3 times the dry volume in water and/or stock. 2) Microwave on high for 10 minutes, let sit a few minutes, then repeat. |
