Photo of the blog owner Bobotie is a popular South African dish. It is a spicy mince dish with a slight curry flavour. This dish has its origins in Indonesia. The name is often mis-pronounced as babootie and hence the name of this site. Read more about Ba-Bootie.

Coversion Tables

Weight-volume equivalents (estimated)
Ingredient
Grams per 250ml
(1 cup)
Ingredient
Grams per 250ml
(1 cup)
Almonds (blanched)
150
 self-raising flour
120
Apple rings
100
 wholewheat flour
130
Apricot jam
330
 Lentils
200
Apricots (dried)
150
 Margarine
230
Beans (dried)
200
 Mealie rice
200
Bran
30
 Milk powder
100
Breadcrumbs
Oats
80
dry
140
 Peaches (dried)
150
fresh
70
 Peanuts (shelled)
150
Butter
250
 Pearled wheat
200
Cheese
Pecan nuts
100
cheddar
100
 Peel (crystallised)
150
cream and cottage
250
 Polenta
70
feta
150
 Prunes (stoned)
150
parmesan
125
 Raisins
150
Cherries (whole)
160
 Rice
200
Cocoa
100
 Sago
180
Coconut
80
 Salt
280
Currants
150
 Samp
200
Custard powder
130
 Sugar
200
Dates (whole)
150
 castor sugar
210
Figs (dried)
150
 icing sugar
130
Flour
Sultanas
150
bread flour
120
 Sunflower seeds
150
cake flour
120
 Tapioca
170
cornflour
120
 Vermicelli
100
mealie meal
120
 Walnuts (shelled)
100
Oven Temperatures
 
°C
°F
Gas
Very slow 100 200 Low
Slow 140 275 1
Medium-slow 160 325 2
Medium 180 350 3
Medium-hot 190 375 4
Hot 200-220 400-425 5-6
Very hot 230-260 450-500 7-9
Equivalents
1/8 teaspoon = 0.5ml 1/2 cup = 125ml
1/4 teaspoon = 1ml 3/4 cup = 190ml
1/2 teaspoon = 2.5ml 4/5 cup = 200ml
1 teaspoon = 5ml 1 cup = 250ml
1/2 tablespoon = 7.5ml 1 and 1/4 cup = 310ml
1 tablespoon = 15ml 1 and 1/2 cup = 375ml
1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons (60ml) 2 cups = 500ml
2/5 cup = 100ml 2 and 1/2 cups = 625ml

Should you require any other conversions you could make use of this online conversion calculator.

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