Operation Manual

Product Information
The stated volume of all pressure cookers is with lid closed.
Cooking capacity in a pressure cooker is less than its full volume.
The pressure cooker body should never be filled more than
two-thirds its capacity. This is to safeguard against blocking the
steam vent/vent tube and to leave enough space to allow steam to
circulate. Certain foods, however, such as soups and other liquid
foods, foods such as lentils and rice which expand during cooking
should not be loaded more than half the capacity of the cooker
body. Dals which sprout, such as tuvar and moong, should not be
loaded more than one-third the capacity of the cooker. In the
5 litre (5¼ quarts) Hawkins the two-thirds capacity is about
13
½
cups/3.2 litres, half capacity is about 10 cups/2.4 litres and
one-third capacity is about 6
½
cups/1.6 litres.
The pressure regulator automatically maintains the cooking
pressure of about 15 pounds per square inch (1 kg per square cm).
The pressure regulator has to be placed on the steam vent and
pressed into position. When the pressure regulator is pressed down
on the steam vent, there is a slight click which indicates the pressure
regulator is in the correct position.
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CAPACITY FOR SOLID FOODS:
TWO-THIRDS FULL
CAPACITY FOR LIQUID OR
FROTHING FOODS: HALF FULL
The pressure regulator has a spring mechanism which holds
the pressure regulator on to the steam vent and is strong enough
to prevent it from falling off should the lid be inverted.