sorry about the above whoops, I wrote a post and only the first line translated. I'll spare you the rest of my culinary wisdom, but on the rice subject, there is a kind of separate-grains rice that is much admired by some: 'southern dry rice' the experts call it.
Use 1 cup converted ("parboiled") rice, 1.5 cups water, 1 T butter, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp lemon juice. Dump in a rice cooker, or simmer in a glass pan so you can see when it gets done.