Jasmine Rice to Water Ratio

Where the ratio comes from

The ratio on this page is from the USA Rice cooking chart, which lists jasmine rice at 2 cups of water per cup of rice and 15 to 18 minutes of cooking. Every amount in the chart above is that ratio multiplied by the rice.

water = cups of rice x 2

For example, 1 1/2 cups of jasmine rice takes 1.5 x 2 = 3 cups of water. The ratio is by volume, so it works with any cup, a mug or a rice cooker cup, as long as the rice and the water are measured with the same one.

USA Rice gives 1 cup of uncooked rice as about 3 cups cooked, so the cooked column is the rice multiplied by 3.

How jasmine rice compares with other rice

Water per cup of uncooked rice, from the same chart:

• Long grain white rice: 2 cups
• Medium grain white rice: 1 1/2 cups, 1/2 cup less than jasmine rice
• Short grain white rice: 1 1/4 cups, 3/4 cup less than jasmine rice
• Basmati rice: 2 cups
• Brown rice: 2 1/4 cups, 1/4 cup more than jasmine rice
• Parboiled rice: 2 1/4 cups, 1/4 cup more than jasmine rice
• Parboiled brown rice: 2 1/4 cups, 1/4 cup more than jasmine rice
• Arborio rice: 4 cups, 2 cups more than jasmine rice
• Wild rice: 3 cups, 1 cup more than jasmine rice