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How many cups is 500 grams of lentils (dry)?
Answer
≈ 2 ⅝ cups
500 grams of lentils (dry) fills about 2 ⅝ cups (2.6 US cups, or about 41.7 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 192 g per cup.
Lentils (dry): grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.26 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.521 | about ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.651 | about ⅔ cup |
| 200 g | 1.04 | about 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1.3 | about 1 ⅓ cups |
| 500 g | 2.6 | about 2 ⅝ cups |
| 1000 g | 5.21 | about 5 ¼ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #172420, Lentils, raw. USDA lists 1 cup = 192 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
These figures are for dry, uncooked grains and legumes. Once cooked they soak up water and a cup weighs very differently. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of lentils (dry) in grams.