Ambiano KY-318A, User Manual

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Cooking with the pressure cooker
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Cooking mode Default cooking time (min) Adjustable range (min)
Slow Cooking** 240 30–600
Steam 15 1–45
Fish 10 5–15
Soup 18 5–45
Tenderize/
Beans
40 20–60
*Cooking under “Sauté” mode will raise the cooking temperature to
212–266 °F (100–130 °C). Make sure the lid is removed when using this mode.
**The “Slow cooking” mode does not cook under pressure. See chapter
“Using as a slow cooker” for details.
6. If a different cooking time is desired, press the + 18 or – button 20 to
adjust the cooking time while the cooking time is still blinking.
Press and hold the + or – button to adjust the values quickly.
You will see the new cooking time on the display.
You can only adjust the cooking time within the adjustable range for each
cooking mode (see the table in step 5).
7. Wait for a few seconds until the display stops blinking and the unit starts
cooking.
If you have made a mistake, press the CANCEL button
20 and start again.
Cooking process
− The pressure cooker can take up to several minutes to reach pressure.
The cooking time on the display will only begin to count down when full
pressure has been reached. To speed this process up use hot instead of cold
liquid to start cooking.
− During cooking, the safety valve 1 pops up and locks the lid
3
. Never
attempt to open the lid during cooking.
− If you decide to stop cooking during the cooking process, press the
CANCEL button
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. Do not attempt to immediately open the lid (see
chapter “Removing the lid”).
− When cooking is done, you will hear three beep sounds. Do not attempt to
immediately open the lid (see chapter “Removing the lid”).
Keep warm function
1. After cooking is done, the pressure cooker will automatically activate the
keep warm function with the indicator light of the KEEP WARM button 20
turned on.