How to use the pressure cooker
5. Fill the pot with food and/or liquid.
Caution! Never fill the pressure cooker
with food and liquid above the "MAX"
mark on the inside of the pot. This
corresponds to a maximum of 4 litres.
When cooking food that swells, such as
rice or pulses, you should never fill the
pot above the "½" mark on the inside of
the pot. This will prevent the food from
reaching the lid and potentially blocking
the safety valve.
6. Place the lid 4 on the pot 9 in such a
way that the triangular mark on the lid
is pointing to the stud on the pot handle
10.
7. Turn the lid until the lid handle 7 and the
pot handle 10 are aligned and audibly
click into place.
8. Choose the desired cooking setting on
the pressure regulator 3:
I; Slow cooking
II; Fast cooking
9. Place the pressure cooker on a hob
which is a similar size to the base of
the pressure cooker. Caution! The hob
should not be bigger than the base of
the pressure cooker. Otherwise this
could lead to too much heat rising up
the sides of the base, thereby damaging
the plastic handles.
10. Turn the hob onto the highest setting. As
soon as there is pressure in the pressure
cooker, the red safety valve 5 will move
upwards thereby locking the lid.
Note! At the beginning of the cooking
time, a little steam may emerge from
the safety valve.
11. As soon as steam starts to come out
of the pressure regulator 3, lower the
temperature of the hob to around 1/3
so that only a small amount of steam
comes out. Now the pressure cooker is
cooking food quickly and saving energy.
Warning! If there is a lot of steam
coming from the pressure regulator 3
and the pressure regulator is moving,
the pressure is too high and you must
lower the setting on the hob. Be careful
not to burn yourself on the hot steam.
Opening the pressure cooker
Caution! If the red safety valve 5 is still
raised, the pressure cooker is still pressur-
ised and the lid cannot be opened. Under no
circumstances should you attempt to force
the lid open, as the sudden release of pres-
sure could result in scalding. The pressure
cooker will only open once the red safety
valve 5 has dropped down. This can be done
either of three ways.
Never entirely immerse the pressure cooker
in water. Otherwise the pressure will in-
stantly drop which can lead to the base as
well as the food being ruined.
Three ways to open the pressure
cooker
There are three methods to reduce pressure
in the pressure cooker in order to be able to
open it;
Method 1: Releasing steam
This method requires releasing as much
steam as possible until the pressure in the
pressure cooker has decreased enough to be
able to remove the lid.
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