Rice Cooker Week

Day 2 Basic measurement guidelines

# One cup of uncooked rice will generate roughly one and a half cups of cooked rice.

# The measuring cup that comes with your rice cooker is not the same size as a standard US measuring cup (240 ml or 1 cup).  It’s a cup by rice cooker industry standards (180 ml or about 3/4 cup). Unless the recipe calls specifically for rice cooker cup measurements, you’ll need to adjust your measurements accordingly.

#The USA Rice Federation recommends following the directions on the package that the rice came in, or using these guidelines in a pinch:

• White, long grain – 1 3/4 cups of water per 1 cup of rice
• White, medium grain – 1 1/2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice
• White, short grain – 1 1/2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice
• Brown, long grain – 2 1/4 cups of water per 1 cup of rice
• Parboiled – 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice
• Still, you can’t really go wrong if you just add two or 2.5 cups of water to each cup of rice; you don’t want your rice too dry.
• For Indian style rices like Basmati or Jasmine, less water is needed as drier rice is desired; use no more than 1 1/2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice.