Using The Rice Menu - Sunbeam PE6100 Aviva Instruction Manual

Using the Rice menu

Place the Pressure Cooker on a flat, level
surface.
Plug in the unit. The unit will beep, and
the indicator lights and the LCD screen will
illuminate. The Pressure Cooker will default
to the Pressure Cooker menu, on the HIGH
setting. 'Pressure' and 'HIGH' will flash on
the display.
1. Using only the rice measuring cup
provided, measure out the required
quantity of rice (refer to the rice cooking
chart of page 19). Make sure the rice is a
level cup measure.
Note: 1 cup uncooked white rice = 2 rice
cups of cooked white rice (approximately)
1 cup uncooked brown rice = 2½ cups
cooked brown rice (approximately)
2. Place the measured rice in a sieve and
wash rice thoroughly under cold water.
Wash until the water runs clear. This
removes excess starch which helps to
achieve fluffier rice, and prevents rice
grains sticking to the cooking pan.
Alternatively wash the rice in the cooking
pan two or three times until the water
is clear, pouring out the milky water
between each rinse.
3. Ensure the cooking pan is clean and dry
before placing it inside the vessel.
4. Place the washed rice in the cooking pan.
Add cold water to the cup level indicated
on the inside of the cooking pan or add
the quantity of water specified in the rice
cooking charts on page 19. Make sure
the rice on the bottom of the pan is even
when adding the water.
5. Place the lid on, and lock by rotating
anti-clockwise to the LOCK position.
6. Using the finger tab, flick the pressure
and steam valve to the 'SEAL' position.
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7. If the menu is not set to Rice, set the
cooking menu by scrolling through the
MENU button until a light appears next
to Rice on the control panel.
8. To select the cooking time, press the
TIME button, and then press the
and buttons, until your desired time
appears in the LCD screen. Each button
press will adjust the time by 1 minute
up to a maximum cooking time of 40
minutes. Use the Rice Cooking Charts
below to view your cooking times.
Note: the minimum cooking time is 2
minutes, and the maximum cooking time is
40 minutes.
9. Once you have set the desired MENU and
cooking TIME settings, press START.
10. The Pressure Cooker needs to gain
pressure before rice cooking can
commence. When the unit is gaining
pressure, 'Cooking' will flash in the
LCD screen and the time will not count
down. When pressure has been reached,
'Cooking' will stop flashing and the time
will begin to count down.
11. After the set cooking time has elapsed,
the unit will beep and will automatically
switch to the KEEP WARM setting. The
LCD screen will therefore change from
'Cooking' to 'Keep Warm'. The Pressure
Cooker can stay in the rice Keep Warm
setting for 30 minutes.
TIP: Do not keep rice in the pan for extended
periods of time on Keep Warm setting as the
rice becomes dry and the quality deteriorates.
Use the supplied plastic spoon to stir and
serve the rice. Do not use metal utensils as
these will scratch the non-stick coating.
TIP: As rice grains can be delicate, at the end
of cooking wait until the pressure releases
naturally, rather than using the Quick Release