Kitchen converter / nigella seed
Nigella seed: cups to grams
One US cup of nigella seed weighs about 130 grams. Convert any amount below.
1 cup of nigella seed=130 g
Weights are approximate — see the note on scooping below.
Nigella seed conversion table
| Measure | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 130 g | 4.6 oz |
| ¾ cups | 98 g | 3.4 oz |
| ⅔ cups | 87 g | 3.1 oz |
| ½ cups | 65 g | 2.3 oz |
| ⅓ cups | 43 g | 1.5 oz |
| ¼ cups | 33 g | 1.1 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 8.1 g | 0.29 oz |
| 1 tsp | 2.7 g | 0.1 oz |
Whose cup?
A cup is not one size. The United States measures 240 ml, the UK, Canada and New Zealand use a 250 ml metric cup, and Japan's カップ is 200 ml — so the same recipe line can mean a fifth more or less flour depending on where it was written. Australia shares the 250 ml cup but uses a 20 ml tablespoon, the only one of its size.
This page is currently showing US cup. Switch standards in the converter above and every number on the page follows.
Why weighing beats scooping
These figures describe nigella seed measured the usual way, but a cup is a container, not a quantity. Flour packed tightly into the cup can outweigh the same cup loosely spooned by a fifth — which is the single most common reason a baked recipe comes out differently than it did last time. If you own a scale, the gram column is the one to trust.
Why a cup of flour isn't a cup of flour →
Nigella seed in other languages
Useful when you are cooking from a recipe written somewhere else — these are the names the same ingredient goes by in the languages Gather supports.
- English nigella seed
- German Schwarzkümmel
- Spanish semilla de nigella
- French graine de nigelle
- French (Quebec) graine de nigelle
- Italian semi di nigella
- Japanese ニゲラシード
- Portuguese (Brazil) semente de nigela
- Portuguese (Portugal) semente de nigela
What ingredients are called elsewhere →
Weigh something similar
The nearest neighbours of nigella seed — same kind of ingredient, different weight per cup.
| Ingredient | Per US cup |
|---|---|
| Sesame seed | 145 g |
| Sunflower seed | 140 g |
| Pumpkin seed | 130 g |
| Chia seed | 170 g |
| Hemp seed | 160 g |
| Poppy seed | 145 g |