Bella 6 Litre Pressure Cooker Instruction Manual page 10

3. If you are sautéing or browning food first before cooking, add some oil or butter
to the cooking pot and select either option make sure you do this with the lid OFF.
When you have finished browning press the cancel option.
4. Place the remaining ingredients to be cooked in the cooking pot and add liquid
according to your recipe. Make sure that amount of food and liquid combined
reaches the minimum mark on the inside of the cooking pot, but never more than
the 4/5 mark on the cooking pot as the food needs space to boil and bubble (see
fig. 4). When cooking food that expands such as rice, dried beans, grains and
legumes, do not fill more than the 3/5 mark on the cooking pot.
5. Secure the lid to the appliance. Place the lid on the appliance in the "UNLOCK"
position, then turn the lid anti-clockwise to the "LOCK" position (see Figure 5).
Ensure that the lid fits tightly, you will hear a click once correctly in place.
6. Once the lid is closed securely, attach the power cord to the base of the unit then plug
the cord into power socket. Use the CONTROL PANEL to choose the appropriate food
type and adjust the default cooking time using the +/- button to suit the recipe that you
are cooking.
7. Set the pressure release valve to the PRESSURE setting as shown (see figure 6).
8. The pressure cooker will take a few minutes to build up pressure, during this time
the LED panel will circle round. Once the required pressure is reached the time will
become fixed and begin to countdown. The unit is now cooking under pressure.
The LED panel may circle around during the cooking time, do not be alarmed the
unit is simply maintaining pressure.
9. During initial use, you may notice a slight odour due to the burning off of
manufacturing residue. This is completely normal, it does not affect the food
being cooked and will disappear after a few uses.
NOTE: If the silicone sealing ring is cracked or broken do NOT use it in the
pressure cooker. Contact Customer Services and replace with a new sealing ring
and assemble on aluminum inner plate as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 5
Unlock
position
Figure 6
Pressure
release
Lock
position
Pressure
8
Figure 4
Minimum
1/5 full
Maximum
4/5 full
Maximum
WHEN USING FOOD
THAT WILL EXPAND
3/5 full