•Select the cooking time. In order for cooking to start, you have to select a cooking time. The allows you to program from 1 minute minimum to 60 minutes maximum for the porridge cooking mode. You choose the time to suit the chosen recipe. Press repeatedly on the time key to increase the cooking time. You can also press continuously in order to speed up the process.
•When the red “porridge” light remains steady the cooking process begins.
Automatic keep warm function
On completion of cooking, irrespective of the cooking mode chosen, the appliance passes automatically to the “keep warm” function except for the porridge function. The orange “keep warm” light comes on. The food is thus kept warm and ready to serve. To switch off this function, unplug the appliance.
On completion of cooking
•Open the lid.
•Serve the food using the plastic spoon supplied with the appliance and reclose the lid.
•The food remaining in the bowl will keep warm for any second servings.
•Unplug the appliance.
The escaping steam is very hot.
Cleaning and Maintenance
Condensation collector
•The condensation collector should be emptied and cleaned after each use.
•To remove the collector, press on each side of the plastic cover and remove –
Fig. 15.
•To put the plastic cover back, push firmly into the groove.
Bowl, steam bowl and steam shield
•Use hot water, washing up liquid and a sponge to clean the bowl, the condensation collector and the steam shield – Fig.
•If food has stuck to the bottom, allow the bowl to soak for a while before washing it.
•Dry the bowl carefully.
•Do not immerse the appliance in water, nor pour water into it, only into the bowl.
Any brown marks and scratches that may appear after many hours use are not a problem. We guarantee that the non stick coating
COMPLIES WITH THE RULES on materials suitable for contact with food.
Cleaning in a dishwasher
You can also wash the bowl, the steam bowl and the steam shield in the bottom shelf of the dishwasher. For the bowl, carefully follow the instructions below :
•When putting the bowl into the machine, be careful not to damage the non- stick coating on the dish washer racks.
•After being washed several times in the dish washer, to renew the surface, it is recommended to wipe the whole of the inner surface of the bowl with a little vegetable oil on some paper towel.
•Make sure you put the bowl back into the Electronic Rice Cooker.
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