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«Stop/Keep warm» button (20)
After finishing of cooking program the unit is
switched to the keep warm mode automati-
cally. You can activate the keep warm function
by yourself. To do this, press the “Stop/Keep
warm” button (20) once, the indicator (21)
will light up, and operation duration in this
mode will be shown on the display starting
from 0:00. The dish can be kept warm up to
24 hours. To stop the keep warm mode press
the “Stop/Keep warm” button (20) again, the
indicator (21) will go out.
Note:
This function is not intended for heating
up products.
«Rice» Button (22)
By pressing this button you can select the neces-
sary rice cooking mode: “Glutinous rice”, “Fluffy
rice” and “Brown rice” You can set cooking time
manually with the “Minutes” button (26).
Rice cooking
1. Measure the required amount of rice with a
measuring cup. Rinse the rice with running
water. Rinse the rice till the water is clear.
2. Put the rinsed rice into the bowl. Pour the
necessary amount of cold water into the
bowl till the required mark on the CUP
scale which complies with the number
of measuring cups. You can add some
amount of water to your taste. Add salt and
spices to your taste. Close the lid.
3. Press the „Menu“ button (27) to select
„Rice“ mode.
4. Select the necessary rice cooking mode
(„Glutinous rice“, „Fluffy rice“ or „Brown
rice“) by pressing the „Rice“ button (22),
the indicator (30) will start blinking.
5. You can set the rice cooking time in each
mode by pressing „Minutes“ button (26).
(see Table 1).
Cooking time in “Rice” mode
(Table 1).
Program
Duration
(hours)
Default
(hours)
„Glutinous
rice“
0:20 – 0:30
0:20
„Fluffy rice“
0:15 – 0:30
0:15
„Brown rice“
0:25 – 0:40
0:30
6. To start cooking, press the “Start” but-
ton (29), the indicator (30) will be alight
constantly.
7. After cooking is finished you will hear 5
sound signals, the unit will be switched to
keep warm mode, the indicator (21) will
light up.
8. To switch the multicooker off press the
«Stop/Keep warm» button (20).
Note:
After cooking is finished, do not open
the lid, leave the rice for 10-15 minutes to
soak.
«Delayed start» button (23)
With this function you can preset the time
by which the cooking process is to be fin-
ished. This function is available in the following
modes: “Rice”, “Steam cooking”, “Yogurt”,
“Cereal”, “Stew”, “Porridge”, “Soup”. Time
range is from 1 to 24 hours.
1. Select one of the modes above with
the “Menu” button (27), then press the
“Delayed start” button (23), the time 1:00
will be shown on the display. The on/oper-
ation indicator (30) will be blinking.
2. Press the “Hours” (25) and “Minutes” (26)
buttons to set the cooking end time.
3. Press the “Start” button (29) to switch the
delayed start function on, the delayed start
function indicator (24) will be alight con-
stantly and the on/operation indicator (30)
will start blinking, the remaining cooking
time will be shown on the display.
Example:
If the time of selected program is
30 minutes, and the dish must be cooked in
3:30, the unit will stay in stand-by mode for 3
hours. Then the cooking process will start and
it will end up in 30 minutes.
4. When the cooking start time is reached,
one sound signal will be heard.
«Hours» (25) and «Minutes» (26) buttons
Use the buttons (25) and (26) to set the cook-
ing time in programmed modes and to choose
the cooking end time in “Delayed start” mode.
«Menu» Button (27)
Press the button (27) repeatedly to choose one
of the programmed cooking modes: “Soup”,
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