How much bokashi should I use?

We heard about bokashi, a Japanese system of processing food scraps into compost. Supposedly you mix this bokashi material (which contains a number of substances including special microorganisms) with your scraps in a sealed container, which promotes fermentation. Then when the container is full and some fermentation has happened, you bury the material for a period of time. Supposedly the bokashi accelerates the composting process, so you get good usable compost quickly.

The problem: We were too cheap to buy the whole system, figuring we'd just use our own bucket with a lid. We just ordered the bokashi material itself. When it came it didn't have detailed directions, and in the meantime our food scraps have been building up. We have about 3-4 gallons of them in our bucket now, and we don't know how much bokashi to add to these, or how long to let them ferment until we bury the mixture. Any suggestions?

Thanks!