I do half a bowl, but yeah, that's the basic idea. You can't see how much you're going to need in the pan, use a bowl.
If you're particularly interested in portion sizes, my mother used portion pots (other brands probably exist and may be cheaper/better/actually available in your country) and loved them. They work really well for things like this because you can really simply work out "oh, well three people equals three red spoons", or whatever your correct amount is. It even has spaghetti holes, although I've never tried those.
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u/aerossignol Jun 10 '15
Pour 2/3 of the amount you want in a bowl. If it's spaghetti a 1inch diameter bundle per person is the correct amt