How Much Water for Two Cups of Rice

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So here’s a thing old-school cooks do. They don’t measure water. They use their finger. After you add rice to the pot, spread it flat. Then touch the rice with your fingertip.

Add water until it reaches your first knuckle. That’s it. The first crease on your finger. For two cups of rice, it works like magic.

Is it scientific? No. Is it charmingly vague? Yes. But it’s got a 90% success rate. I’ve done it with my stubby fingers and it works. Try it. Laugh. Eat good rice.

Rinsing: are we doing it?

Okay, you didn’t ask, but I’m telling you. Rinse your rice. Run cold water over it in a strainer until the water runs clear. This washes off excess starch. Starch makes rice sticky and gloppy.

How Much Water To Cook Rice at Evelyn Lowman blog

Rinsing means less foam and fluffier grains. You want fluffy, right? Unless you’re making risotto. Then don’t rinse—you want the starch. But two cups of plain, fluffy dinner rice? Rinse it like you mean it.

Then drain it well before adding your measured water. If you don’t, you’re adding extra water from rinsing. And now you’re in a whole new math problem. Nobody signed up for that.