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Using Molds
Molds are not supplied with Hawkins Pressure Cookers. You may
use your own molds as explained herein below:
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Molds made of oven-proof metal, glass or ceramic can be used
if they fit inside the cooker. The thicker the mold, the longer the
cooking time.
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Recipes such as custards, steamed puddings and fruit crumbles
require cooking in a mold which is put inside the cooker. Foods
such as rice, lentils and fish may also be cooked in molds to reduce
the clean-up required for the cooker or the handling of delicate
food or to heat food without wetting it.
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Molds should be placed on the grid. A mold should fit inside the
cooker such that the top of the mold is not above two-thirds of
the height of the cooker body.
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When required, cover the
mold with foil or a double
thickness of greaseproof
paper and tie securely. A
handle made from string
is useful for transferring
molds in and out of the
cooker.
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There are three different
ways in which a mold
can be used with a
Hawkins Pressure Cooker:
for pressure cooking an item; for steaming an item without
pressure; and for steaming an item without pressure and then
pressure cooking it. The recommended water quantities for each
of these three different ways is given below:
1. for Pressure Cooking:
a. for 1.5 litre to 3 litre cookers:
put a minimum of 1 cup/
240 ml water in the base of the cooker for the first 10
minutes of pressure cooking time plus
1
/
2
cup/120 ml for
every subsequent 10 minutes or part thereof.
b. for 3.5 litre to 6 litre cookers:
put a minimum of 1
1
/
2
cups/
360 ml water in the base of the cooker for the first 10
minutes of pressure cooking time plus
1
/
2
cup/120 ml for
every subsequent 10 minutes or part thereof.
c. for 6.5 litre to 12 litre cookers:
put a minimum of 2 cups/
480 ml water in the base of the cooker for the first 10
minutes of pressure cooking time plus
1
/
2
cup/120 ml for
every subsequent 10 minutes or part thereof.
The amount of water that can be put in the base of all
pressure cookers when using molds – especially in the
small cookers (1.5 to 3 Litre) is limited by the stability of
the mold(s) on the grid and the potential of water boiling
into the mold(s). These considerations are to some extent
dependent on the size, weight and height/shape of the
mold(s). The limitation on water necessarily limits the
pressure cooking time. For example: If 2 cups/240 ml water
is the maximum water quantity that allows a mold to be
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