IKEA VARDESATTA Mode D'emploi page 6

2. Place the lid 4 on the pot 9 in such a
way that the triangular mark on the lid
is pointing to the stud on the pot handle
11.
3. Turn the lid until the lid handle 7 and
the pot handle 11 are aligned and audi-
bly click into place.
4. Choose the desired cooking setting on
the pressure regulator 3:
1; Slow cooking: the pressure regulator
will display a white ring.
2; Fast cooking: the pressure regulator
will display two white rings.
5. Place the pressure cooker on a hob
which is a similar size to the base of
the pressure cooker. Caution! The hob
should not be bigger than the base of
the pressure cooker. Otherwise this
could lead to too much heat rising up
the sides of the base, thereby damaging
the plastic handles.
6. Turn the hob onto the highest setting. As
soon as there is pressure in the pressure
cooker, the red safety valve 5 will move
upwards thereby locking the lid.
Note! At the beginning of the cooking
time, a little steam may emerge from
the safety valve.
7. As soon as steam starts to come out
of the pressure regulator 3, lower the
temperature of the hob to around 1/2
so that only a small amount of steam
comes out. If you have chosen "setting
2" for fast cooking and there are two
white rings displayed on the pressure
regulator 3 and little steam coming out,
the pressure cooker is cooking food
quickly and saving energy.
Warning! If the red ring is displayed on
the pressure regulator 3 when cooking,
the pressure is too high and you must
lower the setting on the hob.
Opening the pressure cooker
Caution! If the red safety valve 5 is still
raised, the pressure cooker is still pressur-
ised and the lid cannot be opened. Under no
circumstances should you attempt to force
the lid open, as the sudden release of pres-
sure could result in scalding. The pressure
cooker will only open once the red safety
valve 5 has dropped down. This can be done
either of three ways.
Never entirely immerse the pressure cooker
in water. Otherwise the pressure will in-
stantly drop which can lead to the base as
well as the food being ruined.
Three ways to open the pressure
cooker
There are three methods to reduce pressure
in the pressure cooker in order to be able to
open it;
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