Now is intended to explain how the amount specified.
In that shell, which the rice is cooked rings are marked. On the first ring is 1, 2 on the second and on the third third
If you want to make a cup of rice, then you pour out a cup of rice into the bowl and then fills it up to the first line with water. When two cups one adds two cup into the bowl and then fills them up to the second line with water. And so on ... In fact, very simple, if you only know how it works. C)
In this sense - Continued good luck!