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Sakura Multifunction Rice Cooker by Yum Asia
3. APPLIANCE OPERATION
3.1 BEFORE USE
1. Open the packaging, take out the appliance carefully, and remove all packaging and promotional
material.
2. Take out all the accessories and the operating manual.
3. Remove any promotional stickers. Wipe the appliance case with a damp cloth.
4. Wash the bowl and inner lid in warm soapy water with a soft sponge. Dry thoroughly.
5. Cook 0.5 cup of rice (for water, fill measuring cup to ½ with water) and throw it away.
3.2 NAVIGATING THE CONTROLS
The display of this unit is touch sensitive and is easy to use with a bright state of the art ‘cool ice blue’ Motouch
panel.
NOTE - the ‘START’, ‘KEEP WARM’ and ‘CANCEL’ buttons are activated by pressing and holding the button for 2
seconds.
The corresponding button then lights up on the control panel.
3.3 HOW TO USE THE RICE COOKER FUNCTIONS
Sakura is designed to cook rice using 7 distinct phases to produce perfect rice every time and to carefully retain
nutrients. These phases are Preheat, Absorb water, Heating, Boiling, Braising, Absorb water and then finally Keep
warm (in this order). This phased cooking and adjustments in temperature are controlled using Sakura’s fuzzy logic
processor.
OPTIONS FOR COOKING RICE:
1.
‘REGULAR’
setting is for cooking normal rice (e.g. without refined cooking and steaming)
2.
‘FAST COOK’
setting is for when you want the rice completed a little faster.
3.
‘RICE’
submenu is for a more refined cooking and steaming of rice. You access this submenu by pressing
the menu button until the ‘RICE’ icon flashes on the control panel, then you move through the 3 additional
rice options using the ‘RICE’ button:
a.
‘LONG GRAIN’
setting can be used for any type of long grain rice – for example, basmati, jasmine or Thai
fragrant rice;
b.
‘SHORT GRAIN’
setting can be used for any type of short grain rice like pearl or sushi rice.
4.
‘BROWN RICE’
setting can be used for any type of brown rice (long or short grain).
Approximate cooking times for different types of rice
Rice Selected
‘REGULAR’ ‘FAST COOK’
‘LONG GRAIN’ ‘SHORT GRAIN’ ‘BROWN’
Time taken
30 mins
22 mins
40 mins
40 mins
62 mins
There are markings on the inside of the inner bowl to indicate the water levels for white long grain rice, white short
grain rice, brown rice and (rice) porridge.
When no cooking programme is selected,
Sakura can be turned off
by
pressing and holding
the
Cancel
button for
2 seconds
.
To
switch Sakura on
,
press
the
Cancel
button
NOTE
- the maximum capacity of this appliance (Do Not Exceed!)
8 cups (180ml cup) for WHITE rice
6 cups (180ml cup) BROWN rice
During the rice cooking cycles, a chasing lines pattern comes on the display to indicate
Sakura is cooking, a
countdown
will appear in the
last 10 minutes
.
