Cooking Times - Russell Hobbs 19750-56 Instructions Manual

COOKING TIMES

There are two methods of regulating cooking times:
1. Use exactly the right amount of water, and leave the cooker to switch to warm automatically – this is
the method used to cook rice.
2. Use plenty of water, watch the cooking process, and move the switch up manually when the food is
cooked. This is the easiest way to steam "unknowns", unknown quantities, unknown vegetables,
unknown sizes.
When you use method 2, keep notes. Next time, you can use just the right amount of water, and leave the
cooker to do the job on its own (method 1).
OVERCOOKING
Don't worry too much about overcooking – steaming is a relatively gentle cooking method and a few
minutes extra generally won't matter.
Don't overcook fish.
PREPARATION
1. Sit the appliance on a stable, level, heat-resistant surface, near a power socket.
2. Don't use the appliance near or below curtains, shelves, cupboards, or anything else likely to be
damaged by the escaping steam.
3. Have oven gloves (or a cloth) to hand, and a heat-resistant mat or dinner plate to put the bowl on
after cooking.
4. Put the bowl inside the cooker.
COOKING
1. Move the on/off switch to the O position.
2. Fill the bowl with the amount of rice required.
3. Add the required amount of water – generally, use 1 cup of water for each cup of rice.
4. Don't fill above the top of the fill mark.
5. Give the bowl quarter of a turn each way, to ensure the bottom of the bowl makes good contact with
the element.
6. Put the lid on the bowl.
Put the plug into the power socket. Move the on/off switch to the I position. The N light will glow.
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8. Move the control to P. The N light will go off.
9. When the rice is cooked, the control will move to N, the P light will go off, and the N light will glow.
10. Let the rice rest for about 10 minutes, then switch off the cooker and unplug it.
11. Put on the oven gloves.
12. Steam and hot air will escape when you lift the lid. Tilt it slightly to direct the steam away from you.
13. Lift out the bowl and set it down on a heat-resistant mat or dinner plate.
14. Use the spatula to turn and mix the rice, to let all the steam escape.
• Sometimes the layer of rice in contact with the bowl will form a crust.
• If you don't want it you can remove it with the spatula, after you've served the rice.
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS
• If you add any additional ingredients (raisins, fruit, nuts, etc.), you should reduce the amount of rice
to compensate for the amount of water they'll absorb.
• Raisins and dried fruit will absorb as much water as rice, so put them into the measuring cup along
with the rice.
• Nuts won't generally absorb much water, so you can normally add them after you've measured the
rice.
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