Rice - measure pre or post cooking?

gostumpy

I haven't searched much but when I enter "basmati rice" it doesn't specify whether it's cooked or uncooked...

Big difference, too!

Thoughts?

RodaRose

Measure rice raw/ uncooked.
For all practical purposes, basmatti rice and regular white rice have the same number of calories and and 1/4 cup "very roughly" cooks up to one ½ cup -- depending on how much liquid is used and and other factors.

azulvioleta6

post--cooked

Francl27

Raw. Then cooked to figure out how many grams are in a serving once it's cooked, so you can actually log leftovers appropriately too (because I don't think anyone only makes once serving of rice at a time).

MKEgal

I just searched the database for [basmati rice cooked] and [basmati rice raw], and there are entries for both.
So decide which you want to use and make sure you get the right one.

cityruss

Whenever I remember to weigh. There are entries for both.

530roman

I don't know what kind of packaging your rice comes in but is that kind of information not on the package? The rice I buy gives nutritional information for 1 cup, cooked. They are also boil-in-package bags so the portion is already there and usually makes about 2 cups cooked.

Daiako

Pre cooked, in grams. Cause I like to be precise.

gostumpy

530roman wrote: »

I don't know what kind of packaging your rice comes in but is that kind of information not on the package? The rice I buy gives nutritional information for 1 cup, cooked. They are also boil-in-package bags so the portion is already there and usually makes about 2 cups cooked.

When we buy our rice we end up putting it in a large 'rice-bin', basically just a tupperware container... so I long lost the nutritional info

Thanks everyone! I will definitely make sure to use the correct one, glad there's both!

melimomTARDIS

I started weighing it cooked, in grams.

avskk

Weighing it before it's cooked (and logging it as "basmati rice, uncooked") is the most accurate way to go. If you're making a bunch of servings you'd weigh and log them uncooked, but weigh after cooking to know how many grams are in a cooked serving.

Say 4 servings of rice is 400 grams uncooked. Weigh that out, log your serving ("100 grams uncooked," or whatever you're going to eat). After you've cooked the rice, weigh it to see what it is (say now it's 800 grams). Divide the cooked weight by the number of servings you originally measured (so 800 grams/4 = 200 grams). Weigh out your serving based on that. Then whether you're sharing with a family or saving leftovers, every time you eat a portion of the cooked rice you can weigh it and log it accurately, whether you have a full serving or a half or whatever.

Francl27

MKEgal wrote: »

I just searched the database for [basmati rice cooked] and [basmati rice raw], and there are entries for both.
So decide which you want to use and make sure you get the right one.

I did that *once* and compared it to my own cooked rice that I had measured myself.

The 'cooked' entry *from MFP* was underestimating the calories by 30% for 100g. Never again.