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Ordinary cooking takes place at the boiling point
of water, which is 100º C. The temperature at which water boils rises
with an increase in pressure and this the principle utilized by the
pressure cooker to cook food at 122 ºC (1.055 KG/ CM²). Since cooking
is done at higher temperature it is done much faster. The higher
temperature and faster cooking can be achieved by utilizing pressure
has been known for centuries but it was known how to control the
necessary pressure safely for Domestic use. This was achieved with the
invention of the pressure cooker and its Introduction for general
domestic use only a few years ago. Thus science and technology have
given housewives a simple way of improving the quality of living, which
has not been available to earlier generations.
Shown below are the most important parts of your
pressure cooker. Do get to know their names and positions. You will
find this very helpful in following the instructions.
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If gasket is not properly fitted into the lid
curl. Make sure it is properly fitted as shown in picture alongside.
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Place lid on cooker body so lid handle and
body handle are together. (Note: do not force lid into cooker body.)
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Turn lid handle so it is at a right angle to
body handle.
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See that arrow on rim of cooker body matches
arrow on lid’s rim.
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Slide the lid slightly away from the body
handle and tilt that portion of the lid that has the arrow on it into
the mouth of the pressure cooker
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Insert lid under rim of cooker body.
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Place the lid handle bar on top of the bracket
groove. Adjust lid handle bar on the bracket lever until the gasket
on the lid rests comfortably in direct contact with the underneath of
the rim of the body of the pressure cooker.
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Gently squeeze lid and body handles together.
And fasten locking loop to catch on end of the main handle bracket.
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If necessary, to ensure lid is properly seated
press lid and adjust
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Gently squeeze lid and body handles together.
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Unfasten locking loop from end of main handle
bracket.
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Tilt the lid down slightly into the mouth of the
cooker and move the lid handle bar toward the right hand Side.
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As the lid handle bar approaches right angle
position, gently tilt up the position of the lid away from the body
handle and remove the lid out of the mouth of the pressure cooker.
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Remove label.
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Pour one glass of water into cooker body. Add
one-teaspoon fresh limejuice. The addition of limejuice will ensure
that the inside of the cooker body remains clean.
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Fit lid into the cooker body.
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Lock the cooker making sure that the cooker is
sealed properly.
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Place cooker on stove ensuring heat is at the
maximum.
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See that air is expelled from inside the cooker
and clear and continuous stream of steam comes out from the vent
tube. Fit vent weight on vent tube immediately with the help of a
piece of cloth or pair of tongs.
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In about 5 minutes you will hear a slight hissing
sound and the vent weight will give a whistle. (Note: if there is no
hissing sound after 5-7 minutes and steam is escaping around the rim,
it means the lid has not been flitted properly. Do not touch lid at
this stage or you will burn your fingers. Take cooker off stove and
let it cool for sometime and refer to the problem-shooting chart).
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Soon after vent weight will lift and steam will be
forced out with loud hissing sound from the vent tube. This means
that your cooker has COME TO FULL COOKING PRESSURE.
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Immediately afterwards take cooker off the stove
and allow to cool on its own fully, without removing lid or vent
weight. For this first time only, let cooker remain sealed while
cooling for about 3 hours
Varying degree of black staining is observed
when water, especially alkaline water, is boiled in aluminium vessels.
Even treated water, which may contain some regenerating salts, causes
black staining. This staining is neither deleterious to food nor
injurious to health, staining caused in your pressure cooker can be
removed. It is advisable to boil 1 litre of water containing 2
teaspoons of limejuice, tartaric acid, citric acid or vinegar for 30
minutes. It is advisable to use the above method periodically to keep
the inside of your cooker clean.
Please read the following instructions very
carefully to ensure that pressure cooker is always kept in good working
condition.
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Always use your cooker with sufficient quantity of
water. Pressure cooker is cooking with steam, so there must always be
water in the cooker to produce steam.
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Always ensure that the vent tube is completely
free of any blockage before closing the lid. Looking through the vent
tube and ensuring that the light is visible can easily do this.
Always keep the vent tube clean and fixed tight.
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The weight must always be placed on the cooker
only when steam starts coming out steadily through the vent tube.
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Follow the proper cooking time (Refer Page-13)
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When cooking dal (in 3 ltr, 4 ltr. or 5 ltr
pressure cooker) always add a spoonful of any cooking medium oil to
the contents of the pressure cooker before commencement of the
cooking. Allow a few minutes before closing the lid to avoid excess
froth, when cooking liquid foods, add adequate quantity of water.
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In case weight valve falls off during
pressure-cooking, please get the vent tube and weight valve checked
at our authorized service center nearest to you.
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Avoid damage to the sealing rim of the lid and the
body while cleaning of washing the cooker.
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Always store the cooker with its lid open to
prevent mustiness.
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Handle the weight valve carefully. Keep it clean.
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Always keep the handles fully tightened.
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Always buy genuine spare parts at our authorized
service center nearest to you. Insist on a cash memo when buying
genuine spare parts.
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Take your cooker for checking once a year so as to
ensure that your cooker is always in good working condition
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Never place a dry or empty pressure cooker on the
heat source. If you ever use your cooker without any water it will
get over heated and gasket may burn. The cooker may also be damaged.
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Your cooker should not be filled with more than
2/3 of its capacity for solids or ½ its capacity for liquids. Never
overloaded it any way.
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Never use the plate to cover the top separator
while pressure-cooking as it may block the vent tube and the safety
valve and prevent their proper functioning.
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Never attempt to force open the lid of the cooker
if there is pressure inside. To check whether there is pressure
inside, slightly lift the weight valve and if steam comes out, allow
the cooker to cool for some more time. Always remove the weight valve
first and then open the cooker.
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Never tap the rim of the cooker body with serving
spoons, forks etc., as this may nick the sealing surface and allow
steam to escape.
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Never leave the cooker standing in water, as the
shine will dull.
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Never use soda ash, mud or hard abrasive to wash
your cooker.
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Never try to repair the metallic safety valve and
do not substitute the metallic safety valve with spurious plugs,
screw the washers, always use genuine safety valve.
This cooker has three safety features:
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The weight valve
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The metallic safety valve
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The interlock system
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The weight valve:
As soon
as the pressure inside the cooker reaches the normal cooking pressure
the weight valve releases steam with a loud and clear whistle. For the
normal cooking of food, three or four whistles are adequate to complete
the cooking. The weight valve is both a control and pressure device
maintaining correct pressure at all times.
2)
The metallic safety valve:
If for
any reason the weight valve fails to function, the metallic safety
valve contains the special fusible alloy pellet that melts to let out
steam. This could only happen when the temperature / pressure rises
beyond a safe level due to the cooker having insufficient water or food
particles blocking/clogging the vent tube.
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The interlock system:
The lid
cannot even be forced open until the pressure inside falls to perfectly
safe level. This is because the lid is designed to close from under the
rim of the cooker body the steam pressure keeps the lid firmly locked.
Yours this pressure cooker is far more than an
ordinary kitchen utensil. If is scientifically designed and carefully
engineered to give you many special advantages and serve you for a very
long time. Give it in the proper care and regular attention it
deserves, and you will ensure that it gives you trouble free service
for many years.
Here are complete instructions on how to clean and
care for your pressure cooker. Read and follow them carefully to keep
your cooker working at its maximum efficiency always.
At the end of this section, you will find
instructions on how to remedy some common problems that may arise
through minor causes. If the problem arises because of denting or other
damage, do not try to repair your pressure cooker at home but take it
to an authorized service center.
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wash and clean your cooker regularly.
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Immediately after cooking, always wash and clean the cooker body and
lid assembly thoroughly, using warm soapy water (never use ash or any
abrasives), and dry thoroughly at once. Apart from the cooker body
and lid, especially clean these parts; vent tube, safety valve, and
when necessary, the gasket. Avoid shifting the position of the gasket
unnecessarily, as it gives the longest service if it is left
undisturbed. It may be cleaned gently from the top with a wet cloth,
without taking it out of the lid curl (the groove in which the gasket
rests). Occasionally it may be taken out for a thorough cleaning of
the lid curl. The gasket should never be removed for cleaning when
the lid is hot, because it may stretch and then the cooker will not
seal properly.
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AVOID ROUGH HANDLING OF YOUR COOKER.
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Be very careful not to dent the rim of the cooker
body or the lid, otherwise steam will leak and the cooker will not
work efficiently. Do not tap the rim of the cooker body with a spoon,
for instance. Never drop the cooker body or the lid, and never let
them knock against furniture or any object.
To avoid food smells, the cooker body and the lid
should always be stored separately. Place the cooker body (right side
up) in a safe place, on an open shelf or on a table. Hang the lid from
its loop against the wall, after first removing the vent weight.
The lid assembly is a most important part of your
pressure cooker. The lid is specially designed to fit the rim of the
cooker body, so that during cooking the steam pressure holds the lid
tightly against the rim of the cooker body. The various fixed and
detachable parts on the lid are each designed for a special purpose.
The entire assembly needs regular care and attention to ensure the
maximum efficiency of your cooker.
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Do not tap the lid’s rim with a spoon or any other
cooking implement.
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Do not knock the lid against any object.
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Do not drop the lid.
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Remember, if the lid’s rim gets dented, steam may
leak and then the cooker will not work with maximum pressure and
efficiency.
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Shown below are the various parts of the lid
assembly. Complete instructions are given for the care, cleaning and
storing of the parts that need separate attention.
To keep it sparkling clean, wash immediately after
use, with warm soapy water. Don’t use ash, mud, or other abrasives.
Wipe dry thoroughly. Never leave wet, as metal can get pitted.
If necessary, polish occasionally with any silver,
chromium or non-abrasive polishes.
Don’t remove gasket for cleaning every time the
cooker is used. For daily cleaning, wash and dry the gasket on lid
itself, without disturbing the seating of the gasket on the lid curl.
In case food particles or grease are stuck inside the lid curl the
gasket may be removed only if the lid is cold. If you remove the gasket
from the hot lid, you may stretch it out of shape. The gasket may be
removed from the lid curl only about once a week for thorough cleaning,
as daily removal of the gasket may disturb its setting in the lid curl.
Whether the gasket is removed from the lid curl or not, wash with warm
soapy water, rinse with clean water and gently wipe dry.
Clean the safety valve thoroughly from inside the
lid. Never allow a firm of grease food particles to remain on the
safety valve, as this can affect the valve’s functioning.
The entire tube (both inside and outside the lid)
should always be kept clean. Clean out the food particles by passing a
needle through the vent tube. After each time that you have cooked in
your cooker, check if the vent tube is clean by holding lid unto light
and making sure there is no particles of food inside the vent tube. If
there are food particles, clean at once.
The cooker body of this pressure cooker is sturdily
built of special metal and processed for EXTRA STRENGTH. A product for
skillful designing and fine workmanship, it is far more than an
ordinary utensil and deserves special care. Complete instructions are
given for the care and storing of the cooker body and for cleaning both
the outshine surface and the inside.
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Don’t tap rim of cooker body with a spoon or any
other cooking implement.
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Don’t knock cooker body against any object.
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Don’t drop the cooker body.
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Remember, if the rim of the cooker body gets
dented, steam may leak and then the cooker will not work with maximum
pressure and efficiency.
To keep it clean, wash immediately after use, with
warm soapy water, do not use ash, mud or other abrasives. Wipe dry
thoroughly. Never leave wet, as metal can get pitted.
If necessary, polish occasionally with any silver,
chromium or non- abrasive polishes.
Clean with warm soapy water and wipe dry
occasionally polish with fine steel wool and cleaning powder, taking
care not to rub too hard. After using your cooker for sometime, the
inside of the cooker body may lose its shine and become darker. Varying
degree of black staining is observed when water, especially alkaline
water, is boiled an aluminium vessels. Even treated water that may
contain some regenerating salts causes black staining. This staining is
neither deleterious to food nor injurious to health. Staining caused in
this pressure cooker can be removed. It is advisable to boil 1 litre of
water containing 2 teaspoons of tartaric acid, fresh lemon juice,
citric acid or vinegar for 30 minutes.
It is advisable to use the above method periodically
to keep the inside of your cooker clean.
When not in use, leave cooker body open (right side
up) on table or shelf. This will prevent food odors from clinging to it
- When using pressure cookers, basic safety precautions should
always be followed:
- Read all instructions.
- Before sealing the cooker it should be ensured that the steam
starts coming out of the vent tube of the cooker freely.
- The aluminum pressure cooker body shouldn’t be used for
deep-frying.
- Do not touch surfaces. Use handles.
- Close supervision is necessary when the pressure cooker is used
near children.
- Do not place the pressure cooker in the heated oven.
- Do not use the pressure cooker for other than the intended use.
- Extreme caution must be used when moving a pressure cooker
containing hot liquids.
- This appliance cooks under pressure. Improper use may result in
scalding injury. Make certain unit is properly closed before
operating. See “operating instructions.”
- Do not fill the unit over 2/3 full. When cooking foods that
expand during cooking such as rise or dried vegetables, do not fill
the unit over half full. See “food preparation instructions.”
- Food items, which tend to foam, froth, sputter are likely to
block the pressure release device. Therefore, while cooking such
items, cooking instructions should be strictly followed.
- Always check the pressure release devices for clogging before
use.
- Do not open the pressure cooker until the unit has cooled and
internal pressure has been reduced. See “operating instructions.”
- Do not use the pressure cooker for pressure frying with oil.
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FOOD ITEM |
PREPARATION |
COOKING TIME |
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Rice
Tear Dal or Mong Dal
Kabul channa / Rajma
Dehydrated Peas
Potatoes
Onions
Tomatoes
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Green peas/broad beans
French beans
Spinach
Pumpkin
Radish |
Wash Rice
Wash Dal
Soak overnight
Soak overnight
Whole/Medium sizes
Slice/Quarter
Whole
Slice/Dice
Separate into flowers
Shredded
Shell pods
String & cut
Wash
Cut into small pieces
Slice cross wise |
3 Minutes
5-6 Minutes
5-6 Minutes
2-3 Minutes
3-4 Minutes
2-3 Minutes
1-2 Minutes
2 Minutes
2 Minutes
2 Minutes
2 Minutes
2-3 Minutes
1 Minutes
2 Minutes
2-3 Minutes
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The above cooking time commences only after the
requisite pressure is reached. This time should be taken as a guide.
The cooking time varies, depending upon the heat source it is being
cooked on, and the quality and the quantity of the food being cooked.
Please ensure that sufficient quantity of water is in the pressure
cooker. Water should be hot before putting in the food items to be
pressure-cooked.
Please note that the equivalent of 1 cup of water is
200 ml.
Please follow the instructions as given in this
manual and this pressure cooker will serve you for years to come.
In case you have done something you shouldn’t and
your cooker does not work satisfactorily don’t worry. You can remedy
some minor complaints yourself at home or you can contact your nearest
service center or dealer.
But Remember:
Never attempt major repairs at home- it’s a sure way
to cause further damage to your cooker.
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PROBLEM |
PROBLEM CAUSES |
POSSIBLE CORRECTIVE MEASURES
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Leakage of
Steam
Around lid |
- Lid not adjusted and gasket not seated properly.
- Dented rim of lid or dented rim of cooker body.
C. Gasket is worn
out or expanded.
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- Take cooker off stove
and place on firm flat surface.
- Protecting hands with
cloth (remember cooker is hot) hold cooker body and carefully
adjust lid with thumbs, pressing down slightly.
- Open lid check the
position of the gasket in the lid curl and seat properly if
necessary.
Don’t try to repair at home take both lid and cooker body to
your nearest authorized service center.
Replace with new gasket. Make sure you get a GENUINE GASKET. |
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Safety valve fused |
A. No water or too little water was poured into cooker body before
cooking.
B. Vent tube was clogged with particles. |
Unscrew the fused safety valve and replace it with a new one.
Make sure you get a GENUINE SAFETY VALVE. |
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Bulging of cooker bottom |
A. Too close contact with heat source or uneven heating.
B. Spurious safety valve function. |
Do not try to repair it at home. Take the cooker body to nearest
AUTHORISED SERVICE CENTRE.
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