Closing The Lid & Cooking - Zavor ZPot Manuel D'utilisation

other kind of liquid to cook, except
oil. You can use oil to brown meat or
soften onions directly in your pressure
cooker before adding the rest of
the ingredients, but the oil should
never be the ONLY cooking liquid.
WARNING: Pressure cookers are
NOT pressure fryers .
WARNING: Do not fill the pressure
cooker more than two thirds full
with liquid and food, or half full if
you're cooking foods that expand
during cooking (for example rice
or other grains) .
2. Never fill the pressure cooker more
than two thirds full. It is necessary
to leave enough space in the cooker
for it to be able to build pressure.
Fill only halfway when cooking with
foods that will either expand in size
and/or produce foam as they cook,
such as dried beans or other legumes
and grains. Also fill only halfway when
preparing soups or stock.
Closing the Lid and Cooking
1. When you're ready to start cooking,
place the lid on the pressure cooker
pot by aligning the mark on the
lid with the mark on the top of
the pot handle (Fig. 6). Once these
two marks are aligned, press the lid
down lightly, then slide the lid handle
to the left (clockwise), bringing the
pot and lid handles together. The
pressure cooker will lock by itself.
For safety reasons, the unit will not
build pressure if the pressure lock
has not clicked into place. This is a
safety measure designed to prevent
accidental opening of the cooker
while under pressure. The lock will
block automatically as soon as the
pressure indicator has risen, and
will unblock only when the pressure
indicator has dropped again.
2. Once the pressure cooker is locked,
turn the operating valve to PRESSURE
setting. The level of pressure reached
is a high pressure, equivalent to 15
psi (15 pounds of pressure per square
inch).
Pounds of
Selector's Pressure per
Position Square Inch
(psi)
0
CLEAN
0
RELEASE
PRESSURE 15
3. Position the pressure cooker on the
center of the stove burner. The ZAVOR
ZPOT Pressure Cooker can be used
on all types of burners including gas,
electric, ceramic and induction. As
to not discolor the sides of the pot,
always adjust the burner so that when
using gas, the flames remain under
the base and do not extend up the
sides. When cooking on an electric
2
3
Pressure level
Position selected to
remove the valve to
be cleaned
Steam release position
- no pressure
High
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