how many grams in a cup of bulgur?

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• How much cooked bulgur does one cup of dry yield?
  Dry bulgur expands roughly two-and-a-half to three times by volume after soaking or simmering, so one cup (152 g) of the uncooked grain finishes around 2.5 to 3 cups cooked. Fine #1 bulgur, the grade typical for tabbouleh, soaks up cold water in 20 to 30 minutes; coarser #3 and #4 grades for pilaf usually want a 1:1.5 ratio of bulgur to hot liquid.
• Does grind size change the cup weight?
  Slightly. Fine #1 bulgur packs marginally denser per cup than coarse #3 or #4 because the smaller fragments leave fewer air pockets. Most weight charts, including King Arthur's, settle on 152 g per cup as a working average across grinds. If your recipe specifies a grade and you are scaling up, weigh the grain rather than relying on cup measures — coarse bulgur can read 5 to 8 g lighter per cup.
• Should I rinse bulgur before measuring by cup?
  Measure dry, then rinse if your recipe calls for it. Rinsing is common for tabbouleh-grade fine bulgur to wash off loose starch, but it adds water weight that throws off any subsequent cup measure. Scoop the dry grain, level the cup against the canister rim, and only then transfer it to a sieve or bowl for soaking. The 152 g figure assumes the grain is dry.

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