Wash your rice until the water runs clear. Take care not to waste a single grain. 1 cup of raw rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice.
Pour rice into a strainer and drain well.
Place rice in the bowl of your rice cooker and add fresh water. My rule of thumb for white rice is to cook in 90% water by volume. In this case, .90 x 1 1/2 cups rice rounds out to about 1 1\3 cups. Over time, search for the ratio that works best for your specific rice cooker, batch size, and variety of rice.
Give the bowl a little shake to settle the rice evenly, then cover it up and set it in the rice cooker. Hit the button and wait for the *ding*.
The final and most important step is to do a better job next time. In the kitchen, there is no task so small as not to warrant your fullest effort.
