User Manual

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Pressure Cooking Time Charts
The charts in this section were compiled in our North American Test Kitchen using the food available. You may need to
modify the pressure cooking times when cooking food from different regions.
Cooking Rice
The basic steps to pressure cook rice are:
1. Pour water in cooker. Bring to boil on high heat. Add rice and
seasonings (if desired). Stir. It is also possible to add rice, water and
seasoning all together in the beginning.
2. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and
cook the required time.
3. Remove cooker from heat. Release pressure according to the chart.
4. Open cooker. Fluff up rice gently with a fork to separate grains.
There are many varieties of rice and some amount of experimentation
with water and cooking time may be necessary to suit your taste.
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Do not fill cooker more than half.
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The grid is not required unless cooking rice in a mold.
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Pick over rice to remove foreign objects. Wash rice by rinsing in
water until water is clear. Drain.
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Various stocks, spices and flavourings may be added to rice.
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When frying rice, stir gently with a wooden spoon to avoid breaking
the grains.
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1 cup of dry rice yields 2 to 3 cups cooked rice.
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Some varieties of rice, especially white rice, froth out of the steam
vent unless they are cooked with oil or butter or in a mold.
To pressure cook Basmati rice in a mold, such as a metal bowl:
1. Put 1cup
/ 200 g rice and 1
1
/8 cups / 270 ml water in a mold (large
enough to hold 3
1
/2 cups / 840 ml).
2. Pour 1 cup
/ 240 ml water in cooker. Put grid in cooker. Place mold
on grid.
3. Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and
cook 3 minutes.
4. Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally 5 minutes. Press
fingertip control lightly to release pressure.
5. Open cooker.
Rice Pressure Cooking Chart
Rice (1 cup) Water Oil / Butter Pressure Cooking
Time in Minutes
Pressure Release
Basmati Rice
1
1
/8 cups
3 Allow to cool 5 minutes and release pressure
Brown Rice 2 cups 18 Allow to cool 5 minutes and release pressure
White Rice
1
1
/2 cups
1 tablespoon 5 Allow to cool 5 minutes and release pressure
Wild Rice 3 cups 25 Release pressure immediately. Drain
1
/2 teaspoon salt optional