TEFAL RK 700 - Steam Cooking; Measuring the ingredients; Preparation; To steam cook

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This destroys any natural toxins in the
beans or peas.
Do not eat uncooked beans, peas
or lentils. Never add pulses to slow
cooker recipes without boiling them
first.
Season pulses after cooking as the salt
can toughen them during cooking.
• Soaking is not necessary for lentils, but
they must still be boiled rapidly for 10
minutes.
• Canned beans and pulses can simply
be drained and rinsed, and added 30
minutes before the end of the cooking
time. They do not need to be boiled
first.
• The maximum quantity of water in the
bowl should not exceed the 6 CUP
mark (representing 1.2 litres of water)
shown in “cups” on the bowl.
Exceeding this level may cause over-
flows during use.
STEAM COOKING
Measuring the ingredients
• Pour water into the container as stated
in the recipe. However, never exceed
the 6 mark CUP.
• Place the steam basket on top of the
bowl.
• Add the ingredients.
Preparation
• Select the steam mode. Briefly press
the mode key. The first red “Rice
cooking” light flashes. Press again on
the mode key to sequence through the
lights corresponding to the different
cooking modes. Stop pressing as soon
as the “Steam cooking” light flashes.
- Fig. 10.
• Select the cooking time. In order for
cooking to start, you have to select a
cooking time. The appliance allows you
to program from 1 minute minimum to
60 minutes maximum for this cooking
mode. You choose the time so as to
suit the chosen recipe. Press repeated-
ly on the time key to increase the
cooking time. You can also press conti-
nuously in order to speed up the pro-
cess.
• Press once on start to begin cooking.
To steam cook
• On completion of cooking, irrespective
of the cooking mode chosen, the rice
cooker passes automatically to the
“Keep warm” function. The orange
“Keep warm” light comes on.
• The food is thus kept warm and ready
to serve. To switch off this function,
press cancel .
• You also have the option of manually
engaging the “Keep warm” mode. Just
press the mode key to sequence
through the lights until the orange light
is selected. Press directly on start to
begin the warming process. - Fig. 11.
• You cannot program a time for this
function. To switch it off, press cancel .
• Open the lid.
The escaping steam is very hot.
• Serve the food using the plastic spoon
supplied with the appliance and re-
close the lid.
• The food remaining in the container will
keep warm for any second servings.
You can also re-start the “Keep warm”
mode manually (see preceding para-
graph).
• Press cancel .
• Unplug the appliance.
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AUTOMATIC KEEP WARM FUNCTION
ON COMPLETION OF COOKING