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TIPS FOR DELICIOUS RICE

HOW TO SET THE CLOCK

Gather rice

in center

TIPS FOR COOKING DELICIOUS RICE

TIPS FOR USING THE KEEP WARM MODE

e.g.: When Cooking 2 Cups of White Rice

Wash by 
stirring the rice.

 Clean rice quickly

Prepare a bowl to pool water

 Rinse rice .... First, pour plenty of water into the Inner Cooking 

Pan from the bowl and stir the rice loosely 2–3 times 
(within 10 seconds) by hand. Drain the water 
immediately afterwards. Repeat twice.

 Wash rice .... Wash by stirring the rice by hand 30 times (about 15 

seconds), pour plenty of water from the bowl and stir 
the rice loosely again. Drain the water immediately. 
Repeat this washing process 2–4 times.

 Rinse rice .... Lastly, pour plenty of water from the bowl and rinse 

the rice. Repeat twice.

(Complete steps 

 within 10 minutes.)

Warning!

Do not clean the rice or adjust the amount of water using hot water (35°C or above).

Doing so will cause the rice to be cooked improperly.

 Adjust the amount of water accordingly

If you add too much water, it may boil over through the Steam Vent.

Type of Rice

Water

Adjustment

New crop

Normal scale level

Reduce water slightly

from the normal level

Add a little water

to the normal level

 When keeping rice in the Inner Cooking Pan for later consumption, use the 

Keep Warm mode.

● 

The rice may develop a foul odor or condensed moisture may fall on the rice, making it sticky, if the Keep Warm mode 
is cancelled or if left in an unplugged Rice Cooker.

 To prevent the rice from becoming dry or wet, 

developing an odor or turning yellow, do not 

use the Keep Warm mode for the following:

● 

Keeping a small amount of 
rice warm for long hours.

● 

Keeping rice warm for 
more than 12 hours.

● 

Adding additional rice 
while keeping rice warm.

● 

Reheating cold rice.

● 

Keeping congee warm.

 When keeping a small amount 

of rice warm, gather the rice 

toward the center of the Inner 

Cooking Pan.

● 

Keeping rice warm when it contains 
additional ingredients and seasonings 
(mixed rice, etc.).

● 

Keeping foods other than rice warm 
such as croquettes or miso soup.

● 

Keeping rice warm with the 
Spatula left inside the Rice Cooker.

● 

As the amount of rice kept 
warm decreases, the rice 
may dry or become wet. To 
minimize this, gather the 
rice toward the center of the 
Inner Cooking Pan while 
keeping warm.

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Set the Inner Cooking Pan and plug in the Power Cord.

 Although the clock is set before shipment from the factory, certain conditions such as room temperature may cause 

it to display an inaccurate time.

 If the clock is inaccurate, the cooking will not be completed at the time you set for the Timer.

 The clock cannot be changed during Cooking, Reheating, Regular Keep Warm, Extended Keep Warm or Timer Cooking.

If the clock is inaccurate, set the correct time as shown below.

e.g.: If the current time is 

15:01 but displays 14:56.

 See "BASIC COOKING STEP 4" on pg. 8.

3

The time display will stop blinking after 3 seconds, 

indicating the Time Setting is completed.

If the time display still does not show the current time, repeat Step 2 to readjust the time.

 The clock is displayed in 24 hours (military time). 

Set the Inner Cooking Pan and 

plug in the Power Cord.

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3

The setting is completed when the desired Sound Signal is heard.

 See "BASIC COOKING STEP 4" on pg. 8.

 The selected Sound Signal is stored even if the Rice Cooker is unplugged.

① 

Melody:

It will play "Amaryllis" when the 
sound setting is completed.

② 

Beep:

It will beep 3 times when the sound 
setting is completed.

③ 

Silent:

It will beep 1 time when the sound 
setting is completed.

You can choose the Sound Signals from the following:

 You cannot change the Melody Signal for the initiation of 

Reheating.

 You cannot change the Sound Signal during Cooking, Reheating, 

Regular Keep Warm, Extended Keep Warm or Timer Cooking.

 If you find it difficult to change/select the Sound Signal, please 

start over from Step    .

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"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

"Amaryllis"

beeps 5 times

no sound

Indication

Melody:

Beep:

Silent:

Types of Sound Signals

and their meanings

Choose this setting to 
disable the Sound Signal.

Choose this setting to 
change from a Melody.

The default setting at the time 
of shipment from the factory.

a beep

a beep

Types of Sound Signals:

SOUND SIGNALS AND HOW TO CHANGE THEM

This product includes a melody function that allows you to set a melody to inform you when certain actions occur, such 

as when cooking starts, when Timer operation is finished, and when cooking completes. You can also switch the melody 

to a beep or to silent.

Cooking has begun:

Timer is set:

Cooking / Reheating has completed:

How to change the Sound Signal:

Rinse the 
rice quickly 
with plenty 
of water.

Softer rice  

White rice with germ

Old crop

Harder rice

 Measure rice accurately

Be sure to use the Measuring Cup provided, as other measuring cups may differ. Level the rice off at the top of the cup to 
maintain accuracy.

 Do not use strongly alkalized ionic water

Do not use alkalized ionic water that is over pH 9. Rice cooked with 
strongly alkalized ionic water may appear yellow or become too glutinous.

 Stir and loosen rice immediately after cooking 

has completed

Doing so releases excess moisture, resulting in rice that is perfectly cooked with a fluffy texture.
Loosen the rice within 10 minutes after cooking completes. Not loosening the rice may cause it to clump, become too 
glutinous or burn.

Adjusting time

Time correction

is completed

Blinks

Stops 

blinking

Press and hold either button to quickly adjust in 10-minute increments.

button: Each press advances the time in 1-minute increments.
button: Each press moves the clock in reverse by 1-minute.

2

The time display will start to blink.

Press the Time Setting        or        button to initiate the

Time Setting and adjust the clock to the current time.

2

Each time the TIMER button is held for more than 3 seconds, the Sound Signal will change.

Hold the           button for more than 3 seconds.

Add water to
water level
2 for WHITE.

Summary of Contents for NL-BGQ05

Page 1: ...or Red Live Blue or Black Neutral If the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance do not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows...

Page 2: ...where you purchased the Rice Cooker Be sure to follow these instructions Air Vent Appliance Plug Power Plug Power Cord Electrical Outlet Open Button Unplug the Power Plug from the outlet when the Ric...

Page 3: ...oth are caused by static electricity and do not indicate a malfunction Such lines disappear shortly TIME SETTING button Use when adjusting the current time pg 7 Use when setting the scheduled time for...

Page 4: ...blinking after 3 seconds indicating the Time Setting is completed If the time display still does not show the current time repeat Step 2 to readjust the time The clock is displayed in 24 hours militar...

Page 5: ...NGEE BROWN approx 53 minutes 1 hour approx 27 minutes 41 minutes approx 1 hour 2 minutes 1 hour 9 minutes approx 1 hour 7 minutes 1 hour 14 minutes approx 53 minutes 59 minutes approx 1 hour 9 minutes...

Page 6: ...ice 30 50 and 70 or brown rice cannot be used to make congee Short Grain White Rice Congee 0 5 1 CONGEE CONGEE If white rice is mixed with brown rice it may boil over or imperfect cooking may occur an...

Page 7: ...process press or button and the Display will switch Press or again to return to the display for Keep Warm time elapsed The KEEP WARM light turns on and the time elapsed display returns to 0h If the t...

Page 8: ...ction if you are adding ingredients and or seasonings to the rice Ingredients may spoil or seasonings may settle to the bottom of the Inner Cooking Pan and your results may not be satisfactory Be sure...

Page 9: ...Konnyaku into small strips soak Konnyaku in hot water and drain Shred Gobo soak in water to remove any bitterness then drain Cut Shiitake into small strips 3 Add the mixture from Step 1 to the water u...

Page 10: ...pe with a dry soft cloth Using the Rice Cooker with clogged Air Vent may cause the internal temperature to become abnormally high resulting in breakdown Air Vent Clean using a vacuum cleaner once a mo...

Page 11: ...odor or rice becomes watery Problems Cause Points to check If the temperature of the rice is low or if the Keep Warm time has exceeded 12 hours the Keep Warm elapsed time display will blink This may...

Page 12: ...lug If 15 seconds or more elapse without any action while you are changing the setting the display will revert to the current time and the setting will not be changed When you are concerned about foul...

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