One level tablespoon (15 ml) of Rice weighs about 13 g. A teaspoon is around 4 g, a 200 ml cup around 170 g, and an everyday Korean rice spoon holds roughly 9.5 g level.
A 200 ml cup holds about 170 g of raw rice, while the cup that came with your rice cooker is 180 ml and holds about 150 g. Because water is measured with the same cup, the ratio survives the difference: one cup of water per cup of white rice.
Fill without shaking the cup โ tapping it settles in about 5% more.
Conversion table
| Unit | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 tbsp (15 ml) | 13 g |
| 1 tsp (5 ml) | 4 g |
| 1 cup (200 ml) | 170 g |
| 1 paper cup (180 ml) | 153 g |
| 1 Korean rice spoon | 9.5 g |
Measuring with a rice spoon or paper cup
A recipe tablespoon is 15 ml and a Korean recipe cup is 200 ml, but the spoon in your cutlery drawer holds about 11 ml level and a paper cup holds 180 ml. Measuring with everyday utensils therefore puts in roughly a quarter less than the recipe intends.
Heaping the spoon brings it close to a proper tablespoon. For salt, baking powder and anything else where a small error changes the outcome, use measuring spoons or a scale instead.