Philips HD4743 User Manual page 10

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 Press the KEEP-WARM/OFF button once to cancel the cooking process, the preset setting
or the keep-warm mode. The cook/reheat light will start to blink (Fig. 10).
8 Unplug the rice cooker to switch off.
steaming
1 Measure  cups of water with the measuring cup and pour it into the inner pot.
The amount of water varies according to the quantity of food being steamed.
It will take approx. 8 minutes for 3 cups of water to come to the boil.
 Put the food to be steamed on a plate or in the steam tray.
To ensure even steaming, the food should be spread out evenly and should not be piled up.
 Put the steam tray on top of the inner pot (Fig. 1).
 If you are using a separate plate, put it in the steam tray.
5 Close the lid firmly.
6 Press the MENU button to select the steaming mode (Fig. 6).
 Press the COOKING TIME button to set the desired steaming time (Fig. 15).
The default steaming time of 15 minutes is displayed.
8 Press the HR and/or MIN buttons to set the desired time (Fig. 11).
You can set any time between 10 minutes and 1 hour.
If you fail to set the cooking time, the default steaming time of 15 minutes will apply.
9 Press the COOK/REHEAT button to start the steaming process. See point 1 in section
'Cooking rice' (Fig. 8).
The cook/reheat light goes on and the steaming process starts (Fig. 16).
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When the steaming process is finished, the rice cooker beeps to indicate that the process
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has ended.
10 Open the lid and carefully remove the steamed food from the plate or steam tray. Use a
kitchen glove or a cloth, as the plate and steam tray will be very hot.
Beware of the hot steam.
slow cooking
1 Put the ingredients and water in the inner pot.
Do not exceed the maximum water level indicated on the scale inside the pot that corresponds
to Congee.
 Press the MENU button to select the slow cooking mode.
 Follow steps 6 to  in section 'Cooking rice'.
 Press the COOKING TIME button to set the desired cooking time (Fig. 15).
The default cooking time of 2 hours is displayed.
5 Press the HR and/or MIN buttons to set the desired cooking time (Fig. 11).
You can set any time between 30 minutes and 4 hours.
If you fail to set a cooking time, the default cooking time of  hours will apply.
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6 Press the COOK/REHEAT button to start the slow cooking process.
The cook/reheat light goes on and the cooking process starts.
When the cooking process is finished, you will hear a beep. The cook/reheat light goes out
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and the keep-warm light starts to burn continuously to indicate that the rice cooker has
automatically switched to the keep-warm mode.