im a huge fan of rice, but ever since trying to lose weight I’ve avoided it like the plague, because for the life of me I can’t figure out how to track the cal’s. Maybe im just slow or overthinking this too much. I use YAZIO as my calorie tracking app.
My family buys “Royal Basmati Rice”, this big 20 pound sack of uncooked rice, it’s delicious but I don’t know how to calculate the calories for, let’s say, one cup of COOKED rice.
The bag says that 1/4 cup is 160 cal, and im assuming that’s reffering to the raw rice.
But on the cooking instructions, it says 1 cup (of uncooked rice) yields 3 cups cooked, and is 4 servings. Does that mean 3/4 cup of cooked rice is 160 cal?? Does that mean 1/4 cup uncooked makes 3/4 cups cooked? Im not a dumbass but im unbearably anxious about not knowing the calories of what i eat. I don’t wanna have to make one singular serving every time i want rice, we usually make white rice in big portions, and I just want some peace of mind when im eating rice.
thanks in advance 😭
by Dear-Egg-4553
4 Comments
Yep 3/4 cup of cooked rice is 160cal.
1/4 cup of raw rice makes 3/4 of cooked rice. You got it all right 😊
1 cup of cooked rice would then be ~213 cal
If you like rice and don’t mind rice being a bit sticky – try adding konjac rice to the mix – start with a small ratio then increase if you don’t mind the taste
Does your family add anything to the rice like butter?
Yes you’re completely correct and grains and rice always refers to the precooked amounts! 🙂
Just measure it after it’s been cooked. But yes rice is 1:3 so one cup of dry rice makes 3 cups of cooked rice.