Wannes Vanderhoeven provides a contemporary arrangement of the classic folk melody. This version emphasizes harmonic color and atmospheric depth rather than traditional folk accompaniment.
Focus on voicing the melody to stand out against the slightly more complex harmonic background.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Arroz con leche is rated Henle level 2 of 9 — beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 2–3. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 2.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 2 — meaning you can already play level 1–2 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Arroz con leche lasts about 2 minutes.
Arroz con leche is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Believe Me, If All those Endearing Young Charms by Irish Folk Music, Blue Moon by Lee S. Roberts, Au Village by Swan Hennessy — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.