Fagor America FAGOR SPLENDID PRESSURE COOKER - Manual (Page 16)

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Apricots, dried 4 minutes High
Apricots, fresh, whole or in halves 2-3 minutes Medium
Peaches, dried 4-5 minutes High
Peaches, fresh, in halves 3 minutes Medium
Pears, dried 4-5 minutes High
Pears, fresh in halves 3-4 minutes Medium
Prunes 4-5 minutes High
Raisins 4-5 minutes High
Dried beans and other pulses
• Clean out any foreign particles. Rinse
them with warm water.
• Soak beans in four times their volume
of warm water for at least four hours
before cooking them, or if you prefer,
leave them to soak overnight. Do not
add salt to the water as this hardens
the beans and prevents them
absorbing water.
• Do not soak dried split lentils.
• After soaking, remove floating beans
and shell.
• Strain the water off the beans.
• Rinse them in warm water (this also
applies to dried split lentils).
• Put the beans or legumes in the
pressure cooker. Add three cups of
water for each cup of beans.
• Add a spoonful of vegetable oil for
each cup of water to eliminate the
foam which they produce.
• Never fill the pressure cooker to more
than half its capacity.
• To add more flavor, cook beans or
lentils with some laurel leaves and a
small peeled onion embedded with
two cloves of spice.
• After the cooking time, allow the
pressure to decrease naturally.
• Cooking times may vary depending
on the quality of the beans. If, after the
recommended cooking time, the
beans are still hard, continue cooking
them with the lid off. If necessary, add
water.
• A cup of beans expands to
approximately two cups when
cooked.
• When you prepare lentil soup, use
the cooking times given for a
conventional cooker.
VEGETABLES APPROXIMATE PRESSURE
COOKING TIME LEVEL
Blueberries 8-10 minutes High
Azuki 4-5 minutes High
Beans, white 5-7 minutes High
Beans, scarlet, red 10-12 minutes High
Beans, black 8-10 minutes High
Beans, colored 4-6 minutes High
Pigeon peas 7-9 minutes High
Chick peas 10-12 minutes High
Lentils, red 7-9 minutes High
Lentil soup 8-10 minutes High
Lentils, green 8-10 minutes High
Grains
• Clean out any foreign particles. Rinse
them with warm water. Soak
in four times their volume of warm
water for at least four hours before grains,
cooking them, or if you prefer, leave
them to soak overnight. Do not add
salt, for this will harden grains and
prevent them from absorbing water.
• Do not leave rice to soak.
• After soaking remove floating grains
or shell.
• Strain the water off the grains.
• Rinse them in warm water (this also
applies to rice.)
• Cook each cupful of grains in the
quantity of water indicated.
• If you prefer, add salt to taste.
• Never fill the pressure cooker to
more than half of its capacity.
• After the cooking period, let the
pressure decrease naturally.
• Cooking times may vary depending
on the quality of the grains. If after
the recommended cooking time the
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