Quinoa Serving Calculator
Quinoa cooked weight, water, and servings from dry weight.
What it does
Quinoa triples when cooked, so cup math misleads while gram math holds. This page weighs dry quinoa once and returns cooked weight, pot water, and half cup servings in grams or ounces.
The default is 200 g dry. Cooked weight is 600 g with 400 ml water, good for about 6.7 servings. Imperial defaults convert the same batch to 7.1 oz dry, giving 21.3 oz cooked with 14.2 fl oz water.
Rinse first and rest after. Rinsing removes bitter saponins, a covered simmer near 15 minutes hydrates the seed, and a 5 minute rest off heat lets the last water absorb instead of pooling.
Ratios are averages, not law. Altitude, pot width, lid fit, and firm taste all shift water by spoonfuls, so treat the first batch as a calibration and note your own rate.
How to use
- Pick metric or imperial first (metric default).
- Enter dry quinoa weight.
- Read cooked weight first.
- Read water next.
- Read servings at half cup each.
Formula
- dry
- Dry quinoa weighed before rinsing.
- cooked
- Cooked quinoa after simmer and rest.
- water
- Water added to the pot.
Ratio 1:3 dry to cooked by weight and 1:2 dry to water are planning averages for white quinoa simmered covered and rested. Red and black types, high altitude, and mushy or firm tastes move water a little. Servings use 90 g cooked as one half cup.
Worked example
Example: 200 g dry
200 g dry quinoa (imperial 7.1 oz).
- Cooked: 200 x 3 = 600 g.
- Water: 200 x 2 = 400 ml.
- Servings: 600 / 90 = 6.7 servings (1/2 cup).
- Imperial: 7.1 oz dry gives 21.3 oz cooked.
- Tool shows 600 g, 400 ml, 6.7 servings.
Reference table
| Dry | Cooked | Servings |
|---|---|---|
| 100 g | 300 g | 3.3 |
| 170 g | 510 g | 5.7 |
| 200 g | 600 g | 6.7 |
| 300 g | 900 g | 10 |
| 500 g | 1,500 g | 16.7 |
Limits
- White quinoa average. Red and black vary a little.
- Ignores salt, oil, and broth swaps.
- Servings use half cup. Appetites differ.
- Altitude and pot shape shift water.
Common mistakes
- Measuring dry by cups across brands.
- Skipping the rinse, then blaming bitterness.
- Lifting the lid the whole simmer.
- Skipping the rest so water pools.
- Scaling water by eye on big batches.
Try it yourself
Quick checks. Answers sit tucked under each question.
170 g dry?
510 g cooked, 340 ml water, 5.7 servings.
300 g dry?
900 g cooked, 600 ml water, 10 servings.
Questions
How much does quinoa expand?
About triple by weight. Here 200 g dry gives 600 g cooked.
How much water?
About double the dry grams in ml. Here 400 ml for 200 g.
How many servings?
Cooked over 90 g. Here 600 g gives 6.7 servings.
What is that in imperial?
21.3 oz cooked with 14.2 fl oz water for 7.1 oz dry.
Does salt change the ratio?
No. Salt, oil, and broth change taste but not the dry to cooked ratio used here.
Can I meal prep by grams?
Yes. Keep the same dry weight and read the metric side for grams and ml.