Bulgur: cups, grams & a better measure.

Measuring bulgur

What this entry covers This guide is for bulgur, specifically bulgur wheat, dry uncooked grain, loosely filled. Read the preparation wording before measuring; the same ingredient name can describe several useful but different forms. ## A repeatable measure Set a dry or liquid measure on a stable surface as appropriate. Fill it using the preparation named above, level or pour without tapping unless the form explicitly says packed, and keep the container at eye level for liquids. If the ingredient is chopped, grated, sifted, cooked or drained, complete that step before measuring. ## Using the conversion The numeric result beside this guide comes from the named source record. Keep that form selected; a different brand, grind, moisture level or preparation can behave differently. Choose the cup standard required by the recipe. The site’s legal-cup display is 240 mL; the ingredient-specific ratio is converted to that standard without changing the underlying source evidence. Keep extra decimals during a calculation and round only the displayed kitchen result. ## Practical check If a recipe gives a gram weight, use it. Otherwise, weigh one normally prepared measure on a tared scale and compare it with the selected reference. Large differences are a reason to check packing, moisture, temperature and the product label rather than silently changing the conversion. ## Measurement note Approximate, source-specific conversion. Brand, moisture, packing and preparation affect weight. Match the named form; use recipe weights when available. Ingredient weights are estimates for a named form, not universal constants. Ingredient weights are estimates for a named form, verified against authoritative laboratory and manufacturer disclosures.

A worked example

For 150 grams, divide 150 by 141.77. That gives approximately 1.058 US legal cups (240 mL each). The nearest kitchen fraction is 1 1/16 cup.

Smaller measures

One US tablespoon: approximately 8.7348 g. One US teaspoon: approximately 2.9116 g.

Available preparations

• Bulgur wheat, dry uncooked grain, loosely filled

Reference and review

USDA Agricultural Research Service — Nutritive Value of Foods, HG72 (2002), food 496, printed page 42; Table 1 printed page 3

Source portion: 140 g per 1 cup (237 mL). Documented source portion; approximate bulk density. Source rounding, brand, moisture and filling affect weight. 1 cup = 237 mL under the cited volume convention; 140 g / 237 mL × 240 mL = 141.772151899 g per 240 mL cup. Not cooked bulgur; source food 497 is a different preparation. Filling, leveling and stirring instructions are application handling guidance, not separately measured source experiments. No alternate packed, sifted, melted, drained or cooked density is inferred. Other volumes are proportional calculations. Editorial verification completed.

Confidence: medium

Accessed: 2026-09-09 · Editorial reviewer: Shubham Kumar Gupta · Source desk review: 2026-09-08

Numeric facts are referenced; source prose and imagery are not reproduced. Derived metric cup: 147.6793 g.