11869 How to Measure Rice Proportions with Your Finger Tue Sep 22 11:46:00 -0700 2009 http://www.chow.com/stories/11869 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:46:00 GMT This easy method requires knuckles, not measuring cups This easy method requires knuckles, not measuring cups. http://www.chow.com none 14 CHOW Tip 1

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How to Measure Rice Proportions with Your Finger

All you need to make a pot of rice is the pot, the rice, the water, and an index finger, says Poppy Tooker, author of the Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook. Fill a pot with long-grain white rice up to the first joint of your finger, then fill it with water up to the second joint and you’re ready to go.

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