how many grams in a cup of ginger?

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• Why would a recipe call for a whole cup of fresh ginger?
  Cup-scale ginger appears in preserved gari, ginger syrup for cocktails, candied ginger, and large pots of pho or chicken soup where the rhizome simmers whole and gets fished out. A cup of grated ginger (228 g) starts from roughly a 280-300 g unpeeled hand, since peel and fibrous nubs trim away maybe 20-25% of the raw weight.
• Does grated ginger pack tighter than sliced?
  Yes — finely grated ginger holds juice and compresses, so a packed cup can run 240-260 g, while loosely sliced coins sit closer to 200-220 g. The 228 g figure assumes the spoon-and-level convention King Arthur uses. For ginger juice or syrup recipes that specify a cup of grated, weighing avoids the pack-versus-loose drift.
• How much fresh ginger replaces dried in a recipe?
  The standard swap is 1 tablespoon fresh grated for every 1/4 teaspoon ground, so a full cup of fresh (228 g, roughly 16 tablespoons) corresponds to about 4 teaspoons of ground ginger. Flavor profiles differ though — fresh is bright and pungent, ground is warm and earthy. They're not interchangeable in gingerbread or chai the way they are in a stir-fry sauce.

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