IKEA VARDESATTA, Manual

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2. Should this not be the case, clean
the pressure regulator 3 (see section
"Cleaning and storing").
3. Check that the safety valve 5 is
movable and not stuck.
4. Check that the gasket 8 is not damaged
in any way, i.e. that it is not split.
Note! Over time the gasket can become
hard and will therefore no longer
provide an air-tight seal. This will lead
to steam escaping from the rim of the
lid and the gasket will therefore require
replacing. For replacement gaskets,
please contact your nearest IKEA Store/
Customer service or visit www.ikea.
com.
How to use the pressure cooker
5. Fill the pot with food and/or liquid.
Caution! Never fill the pressure
cooker with food and liquid above the
"MAX" mark on the inside of the pot.
This corresponds to a maximum of 4
litres (for pressure cooker with usable
capacity of 6 litres) and maximum of 2,
5 litres (for pressure cooker with usable
capacity of 4 litres). When cooking food
that swells, such as rice or pulses, you
should never fill the pot above the "1/3"
mark on the inside of the pot. This will
prevent the food from reaching the
lid and potentially blocking the safety
valve.
6. Place the lid 4 on the pot 9 in such
a way that the triangular mark on
the lid is pointing to the stud on
the pot handle 10. Please make
sure that the triangular mark on
the lid 4 comes at the centre of the
pot handle 10. Otherwise, you may
not be able to take the lid off.
7. Turn the lid until the lid handle 7 and the
pot handle 10 are aligned and audibly
click into place.
8. Choose the desired cooking setting on
the pressure regulator
3
:
I ; Slow cooking
II
; Fast cooking
9. Place the pressure cooker on a hob
which is a similar size to the base of
the pressure cooker. Caution! The hob
should not be bigger than the base of
the pressure cooker. Otherwise this
could lead to too much heat rising up
the sides of the base, thereby damaging
the plastic handles.
10. Turn the hob onto the highest setting. As
soon as there is pressure in the pressure
cooker, the red safety valve 5 will move
upwards thereby locking the lid.
Note! At the beginning of the cooking
time, a little steam may emerge from
the safety valve.
11. As soon as steam starts to come out
of the pressure regulator 3 , lower the
temperature of the hob to around 1/3
so that only a small amount of steam
comes out. Now the pressure cooker is
cooking food quickly and saving energy.
Warning! If there is a lot of steam
coming from the pressure regulator 3
and the pressure regulator is moving,
the pressure is too high and you must
lower the setting on the hob. Be careful
not to burn yourself on the hot steam.
Opening the pressure cooker
Caution! If the red safety valve 5 is
still raised, the pressure cooker is
still pressurised and the lid cannot be
opened. Under no circumstances should
you attempt to force the lid open, as
the sudden release of pressure could
result in scalding.