User Manual Tefal P2534441 SECURE 5 SS

You can use the pressure cooker to steam cook. It is a high quality method of cooking vegetables for example: it preserves vitamins and nutrients.
- Use no more than 750 ml (6 glasses) of liquid.
- Use the steam basket; put it on the trivet or suspend it from the rivets on the pan (depending on models) and take care that the food does not get immersed into the water.

Turn the lid over on the pan. Turn down the handles if your model allows.

For cooking directly in the pan, always add a minimum quantity of liquid or at least equal to 2 glasses (25 cl or 8.8 UK fl oz).
For steam cooking, pour 75 cl (26 UK fl oz) water into the bottom of the pan.
Maximum filling: do not fill the pressure cooker above 2/3 the height of the pan.
Warning: if the pressure cooker is heated without liquid inside, have it checked by an Approved Service Centre.

Do not leave food in the Pressure Cooker before and after cooking. Leave your prepared food in the fridge in a closed tub.

There are 2 methods:
Slow release - gradually turn the programme selector to the steam position. This is used for stews, vegetable, joints of meat and fish dishes.
Fast release - place the pressure cooker under a cold tap directing the flow of water onto the metal part of the lid. This is used for liquid based dishes such as soups, rice, pasta, milk puddings, egg custards, cake and pudding mixtures, recipes containing rice or pasta and recipes with a high liquid content, in order to avoid the liquid shooting out of the steam valve along with the steam when you release the pressure regulator valve.

When the pressure indicator is down, all pressure has been released.