Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Contents How the Microwave Oven Works Precautions Contents Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and 4 ~ 5 Unpacking & Installing ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Setting the Clock through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in Child Lock microwaves.
Unpacking & By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing.
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Open your oven door by pushing the DOOR Plug your oven into a standard household OPEN BUTTON. Place the ROTATING RING inside socket. Make sure your oven is the only appliance connected to the socket. If your oven does not the oven and place the GLASS TRAY on top.
Setting the You can set either12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Clock Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
Child Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” appears on the display and BEEP Your oven has a safety feature that prevents accidental running of the oven. sounds. The CHILD LOCK is now set. Once the child lock is set, you will be unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place.
Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR.
Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven. Level POWER POWER LEVEL...
Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40%. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR.
Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start Press STOP/CLEAR. Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. The QUICK START feature allows you to Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.
More or Less In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AUTO COOK programmes for a longer or shorter cooking time. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. Set the required AUTO COOK programme. If you find that your food is over or undercooked when using the ARABIAN Select weight of food.
The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking Auto commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen.
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AUTO DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD 1. MEAT Beef 0.1/4.0 kg Minced beef, Fillet steak, Cubes for stew, Sirloin steak, Pot roast, Rump roast, Beef burger. Lamb Chops(2.5 cm thick),Rolled roast. Veal Cutlets(450 g, 1.2 cm thick) 2. POULTRY Chicken 0.1/4.0 kg Whole(under 2 Kg), Cut up Breasts(boneless), Legs.
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Quick Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how to defrost 0.5kg of frozen meat. Defrost Press STOP/CLEAR.
QUICK DEFROST GUIDE Remove the meat completely from its wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When beeps, at this point remove the mince from the microwave oven, turn the mince over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program remove the mince from the microwave oven, cover with foil and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed.
Arabic In the following example I will show you how to cook kabsa. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. From the ARABIC COOK select the required food type. In this example press KABSA once. ARABIC COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type.
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FOOD INGREDIENTS UTENSIL INSTRUCTIONS RICE Microwave- 1. Wash rice and drain. Rice 100g 200g 300g 400g safe bowl 2. Place rice, salt and hot water in a deep and large bowl. (long grain) 3. No cover. Place in the oven. Hot water 300ml 575ml 800ml 1000ml 4.
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FOOD INGREDIENTS UTENSIL INSTRUCTIONS UM-ALI Microwave- 300g ready made pastry 1. Put sugar, cream, milk and starch in a deep and large bowl (about 3 bowl). safe bowl (bake until golden and crispy, 2. Place the bowl in the center of the oven. and then break crisp pastry into 3.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of Press AUTO COOK button of the required food type. your favorite food easily by selecting the In this example, food type and entering the weight of the Press FRESH VEGETABLE five times to cook 0.6kg of Fresh Vegetable.
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FOOD WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS INSTRUCTIONS 1. JACKET POTATO 0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass turntable. Adjust weight and press start. [After cooking, remove the potatoes from the oven.
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FOOD WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS INSTRUCTIONS 5. FISH, FRESH 0.1 kg ~ 0.6 kg Microwave- Whole fish, steaks safe flan dish - Oily fish : salmon, mackerel - White fish : cod, haddock Arrange in a single layer in a large microwave-safe flan dish. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap and pierce in several places.
Timer In the following example I will show you how to set the timer for 15 minutes. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press KITCHEN TIMER. Your oven also has a Timer that can be used for noncooking functions. When used as an independent timer, the oven is not running.
WARNING Important safety instructions Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. Read carefully and keep for future reference 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the 10 Small amounts of food require shorter cooking or heating time.
Microwave-safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your Paper microwave oven Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave oven, Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the provided that the cooking time is short and foods to be cooked are low in fat and oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles lightning.
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Moisture content of food Keeping an eye on things Since the heat generated from microwaves tends to evaporate moisture, relatively dry food The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in such as roasts and some vegetables should either be sprinkled with water prior to cooking preparing them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks.
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking. Stirring To Clean Your Oven Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, food is stirred for the purpose of blending. Microwaved food, however, is stirred in order to 1 Keep the inside of the oven clean spread and redistribute heat.
Questions & Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. A Yes, if using one of the two methods described Light bulb has blown below Door is not closed...
Plug wiring information/ Technical Specifications Warning Technical Specification This appliance must be earthed MS3947S/MS3947SW MS3947SZ/MS3947SWZ The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes Power Input 127 V ~ 60 Hz 220 V ~ 50/60 Hz...
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