As the article states, the challenge is already lower for you because you can turn the heat to low, unlike the old days. Rice can vary, high starch to low star

As the article states, the challenge is already lower for you because you can turn the heat to low, unlike the old days. Rice can vary, high starch to low starch, short-grain to long-grain, sticky, non-sticky, raw to parboiled. They're used as a base for other dishes including sushi, fried rice, pudding, biryani and porridge. All these require different amounts of consistency. While cooking at home, if you just mess it up a little bit, the dish will still serve its purpose. But that's not true if you're cooking an Asian dish with perfectly good rice used just as a base.