How to Measure Rice Proportions with Your Finger - CHOW Tip

Poppy Tooker, author of the Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook fills a pot with long-grain white rice up to the first joint of her finger, then fill it with water up to the second joint and she's ready to go!

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At my house it's a big deal to have one less thing to wash. You can make rice and measure it perfectly with only your finger and the pot. You take your finger. You put your finger on the bottom of the sauce pot. Pour in the long grain white rice until it comes up to the first joint on your index finger. Take it to the faucet, with the water running, let the water run to the second joint on your index finger. You've doubled your proportion on your water to rice; no measuring cup.

[GoHomeAndGetYourShinebox]

remove the links, they cover what you're showing 🤦‍♂️

[dantheman]

Im half filipino but was taught differently. Instead of burying your finger we put it on top of the rice and fill it up the second line on our finger. Comes out perfect everytime.

[xAiiRPLANES]

This is how my Filipino mom has taught me to do it. Except we wash it first and then measure. :3

[frenchie]

The rice needs to be rinsed at least 3 to 4 times before finger measuring, to get rid of the starch that makes the rice sticky. Once the rice is rinsed place your index finger on top of the rice and pour water till the first line on your finger. Tip from my Chinese friend!

[annainspain]

It would be better if you didn't slap the connections to other videos right on top of what you're trying to show the viewer until you've actually finished explaining. Epic fail. Off to find a video where I can see what they're doing!!

[kaikahitonari]

my mom and her mom and her mom use this method and believe me, our rice is awesome. it's an asian thing,

[ryanpipkin]

Your end screen cards cover your entire demonstration. The whole purpose of watching this video is covered up by video thumbs of videos I don't care about.

[RicH]

I just make the water twice the level of the rice.
Works every time.

[dannymrowr]

Is it really something extra to wash if you're just measuring water into the cup...

[richardsjpark]

hmm something is wrong with the water...
i just cant put my finger in it...

[michaelburnett-berry]

This is wrong lol ....finger trick is on top of the rice, not buried in the rice .... 😂

[Chantzehao]

Or...you could measure it out with a measuring cup....
OR you could use the flat hand technique which works for more/less rice if you need it rather than relying on the finger thing which only lets you make 1 cup (1 joint?) worth.

[Jenachy]

That's fine and all, but you won't need to wash the measuring cup if the rice goes into a dry cup, and then the water. You just measure away, and leave the measurer to dry afterwards

[Danny-cqik]

Bruh so I guess we having rice soup tonight

[sugarcaffeineblood]

It's also a traditional way of measuring oddly enough. It seems implied that you use the pot size you think you need. but yeah you can make 4 lbs of rice easilt that way too

[nvx]

it will because its about the proportions not the actual number... its still 2 to 1 even if the pot is 10 times as large.

[xiaoling]

Alternate title How to cook your index

[peterlim]

Watching tutorial on youtube without dislike counter be like

[TheDiwanShantwain]

This tip won't always work. What if you're E.T.? or a witch? or megan fox?

[djfinesse]

Dont forget to rinse and wash your rice folks