Orh nee

Result of the googling after Coraine commented on my chatbox. (Thanks,girl!)

RECIPE FOR ORH NEE
Ingredients:
- 500g peeled yam,
- A pinched salt
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 100g light olive oilSyrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon rum
- 1 cup peeled gingko nuts
- 500g pumpkin, peeled

Instructions:
1. Cut peeled yam into large pieces and place in a pot with enough water to cover.
2. Add a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar to the pot.
3. Cook till yam is tender.
4. Drain and keep the boiling water for use later.
5. Mash the yam with a fork, adding olive oil to round out the taste and some of the boiling water to obtain the consistency you like.
6. In the meantime, cut peeled pumpkin into wedges. Rub with a dash of light olive oil and roast in 200 degress Celsius oven till the pumpkin is softened and caramelized. This should take 30 minutes or so.
7. Make syrup in another pot. Place sugar and water in it and bring to the boil. When the sugar dissolves, add gingko nuts, vanilla essence and rum. Cook for a while longer to thicken the syrup.
8. Place yam mash in a glass bowl. Add a couple of wedges of roasted pumpkin Spoon gingko and syrup over to glaze and serve.

Anyone can tell me how much is the measurement of 1 cup here?
Quoted from above : *1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of peeled gingko nuts.*