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If This Happens...
Causes
Solutions
B.
Dal
Sprouting
1.
Too much food in
cooker
Do not fill the cooker body (
dal
and water combined) to more than one-third. Do not
exceed
dal
and water quantities (see
Cooking Dal
,
pages 46–47,
Dal
Pressure Cooking
Chart
).
Follow recommendations for reducing sprouting (see
Cooking Dal
,
page 45,
To Reduce
Dal
Sprouting
)
2.
Excessive heat
from burner
a. Use a burner to suit the size of the cooker – gas flames should not lick the sides of the
cooker and the hot plate of an electric stove should be of a diameter not more than that of
the base of the pressure cooker.
b. Reduce heat to medium or lower as soon as pressure cooker reaches FOP (see
Trial Run
,
page 16, point
5. How to Recognise Full Operating Pressure
(FOP)
and
point
6. Maintaining Pressure on Reduced Heat
).
3.
Pressure cooking
moong
and
urad dal
in 1.5 Litre, 2 Litre
and 3 Litre cookers
Do not cook these
dal
in the 1.5 Litre, 2 Litre and 3 Litre cookers.
4.
Pressure released
by lifting the vent
weight
Do not release pressure by lifting the vent weight. Allow to cool naturally.
C.
Inside of Cooker
Body Darkening
Substances dissolved
in water
Remove stains (see
Care and Cleaning
, page 34,
Removing Stains Caused by Chemicals
in the Water
).