This rice is my fucking baby and it's so fucking perfect and it belongs on a Gerber ad. People told me about measuring the water ratio with my finger but I always thought to myself 'oh, I'll just go with what the rice cooker says, I'm sure it's correct'.
For about 8 years, my rice has come out a gloopy mess and I'd always justify it to myself, like 'oh, my rice sucks because of the altitude' because I live on the 3red fuckin floor lmao.
My message to everyone who's had to wade through the trials and logical contradictions of cooking on their own is that the instructions are fucking bullshit, the finger method is tried and true and IT WORKS! Even if you're nervous about 'what if the rice isn't level and I'm playing myself', if the water goes up to the first knuckle, do not question it. This is correct and the magic ratio and your rice will be happy that you did not pervert it with an exorbitant proportion of water.
It's where if you have your rice in whatever pot and you put water on top, stick your middle finger into the pot untill it's touching the rice and if your water comes up to the first knuckle/line on your finger, that's how much water you need for perfect rice. Never believe the instructions on your rice cooker or measurements you find online, your finger is the most accurate of accurate cooking instruments!!!!!!!!!! Believe in yourself!!!! Believe in the FINGER!!!!!!
How does this work for different sized pots or amounts of rice? I feel like it should be a ratio like "have the surface 50% higher than the rice"