My mum boils her rice then once it's done she gets another qoosarta and melts margarine in it and puts half a slice of lebanese bread in it and then throws the rice on the top. After around, I dunno, 20-30 mins, it's ready and the lebanese bread is all crispy, they call it taadik. YUM.
Also I know this is typically Iranian but baghaleh pilau, which is rice with broad beans and herbs. YUM also.
I gotta admit biryani is off the hook but Persians do rice better.