Serving Sizes and Suggestions

There is no magic formula for knowing how much rice to prepare for a meal. Different rices yield very different amounts of cooked rice, so it is important when looking at an individual rice recipe—for the purpose of planning a meal—to look at the yield as opposed to the amount of rice you are starting with. For example, two cups of jasmine rice will yield about four and a half cups of cooked rice, whereas two cups of sticky rice will yield only three and a half cups—and two cups of basmati or Wehani can yield as much as six cups of cooked rice.