Breville ITP181, Instruction Booklet

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using your rice cooker
Cooking rice
Make sure your rice cooker is switched off, unplugged at the mains supply
socket and is fully cooled before assembling or disassembling. During use the
glass lid, removable bowl and cooker body will get very hot. Always handle with
care and use oven gloves.
Always check that the rice is thoroughly cooked before serving.
1. Place the removable bowl inside your rice cooker’s base. When cooking, you must
always use the removable bowl. Ensure the bowl is positioned correctly.
2. Use the supplied measure to measure the required quantity of rice into a container
for washing. For accuracy, always fill the measure with rice until it is level with the
surface of the measure. Don’t use heaped measures. For quantities see the rice
cooking guide on page 10.
3. Wash the rice thoroughly under cold running water. This will remove the excess
starch from the rice and produce better results when cooking. Add the washed rice to
the removable bowl.
4. Using the supplied measure, add the required quantity of water to the removable
bowl. Make sure that the bowl is filled below the maximum level marking. Spread the
rice evenly across the bottom of the bowl.
5. Place the glass lid onto the removable bowl.
6. Plug your rice cooker into a suitable mains supply socket. The keep warm light will
illuminate.
7. Move the cook/keep warm selector switch to the down (cook) position. The cook light
will illuminate.
When cooking has finished, move the cook/keep warm selector to the up (keep
warm) position. The keep warm light will illuminate. Note that if your rice cooker is left
unattended, it will automatically switch to the keep warm mode after cooking.
When the cooking time has elapsed, your rice is not quite done. Rice benefits from a ‘boil-
steam’ method of cooking. Allow your rice to stand for 10-15 minutes in your rice cooker
with your cooker switched to the keep warm setting before serving.
After the rice has rested for 10 to 15 minutes, remove the lid and stir the rice gently with
the serving spoon. If the rice is not done, re-cover and let it stand in the keep warm mode
until it is ready. Do not leave your rice cooker on the keep warm setting for longer than
one hour.
After use
After use, unplug your rice cooker from the supply socket. Your rice cooker does not
switch off automatically .