Contents Introduction ... 8 General description (Fig. 1) ... 8 Important ... 8 Preparing for use ...10 Before first use ... 10 Control panel and display ... 10 Setting the clock time ... 10 Setting the display language ... 11 Using the appliance ...11 List of 20 rice cooker menus ...
Do not use the appliance if the plug, the mains cord, the inner pot or the main body is damaged. If the mains cord is damaged, you must have it replaced by Philips, a service centre authorised by Philips or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
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Never connect this appliance to an external timer switch in order to avoid a hazardous situation. Caution Never use any accessories or parts from other manufacturers or that Philips does not specifically recommend. If you use such accessories or parts, your guarantee becomes invalid.
ENGLISH If the power failure lasts longer than 2 hours and the failure occurs during a cooking process, the rice cooker automatically resets to standby mode when the power supply resumes. Open the rice cooker, remove its contents and start all over again. If you have set the timer and the preset cooking process has not yet started when a power failure occurs, the process starts when the power supply resumes, provided it resumes within 12 hours.
Press the Cook/OK button (Fig. 6). Press the up or down button to set the clock (24-hour time notation). Press and hold the up or down button to move the time forward or backward quickly (Fig. 7). Press the Cook/OK button to confirm the time (Fig. 6). Note: If you want to cancel the change, press the Stop/Cancel button.
ENGLISH Menu Yoghurt Dessert/Pudding Steam Step-by-step cooking guide The table below shows you what steps to perform in the different submenus. The numbers of the list below correspond to the numbers in the table and tell you what you have to do next at certain points during the cooking process.
Menu Submenu Steps before cooking Yoghurt Yoghurt Pour warm milk (40°C) and yoghurt mixture into yoghurt pot, fill inner pot with water (5) Dessert/ Green bean Add water and dessert ingredients Pudding soup White radish Add white radish, dried shrimps, pudding Chinese sausages and seasonings (1) Taro pudding Add taro, Chinese sausages, dried...
ENGLISH *To get an optimal result, we advise you to cook not more than 4 (HD4766) or 6 (HD4768) cups of rice. **To get an optimal result, we advise you to cook not more than 3 cups of rice. Wash the rice thoroughly. Put the pre-washed rice in the inner pot.
If you do not press the Cook/OK button again, the cooking process starts automatically after 10 seconds. The Cook/OK light goes on and the cooking animation appears on the display. The rice cooker beeps and the Cook/OK button flashes to indicate when you have to add other ingredients.
ENGLISH To adjust the cooking time, press the up or down button. Press and hold the up or down button to move the time forward or backward quickly. You can set any time from 30 minutes to 4 hours. Tip: Set 30 minutes if you cook 0.5 cups of rice in HD4766 or HD4768. Set 4 hours if you cook 2 cups of rice in HD4766 or 2.5 cups of rice in HD4768.
Pasta The Congee/Pasta menu contains 1 submenu for pasta. Refer to Recipe section for cooking ideas. Put the ingredients and water in the inner pot. Make sure all ingredients including water do not exceed the maximum water level on the scale for pasta indicated on the inside of the inner pot.
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ENGLISH Press the Cook/OK button. The first instruction appears on the display. Press the Cook/OK button. If you do not press this button, the display automatically shows the cooking time for vegetable soup or long boil soup after 10 seconds. The default cooking time (30 minutes for vegetable soup and 3 hours for long boil soup) appears on the display.
The Cook/OK light goes on and the cooking animation appears on the display. The display counts down the cooking time in minutes. At the end of the cooking process, the appliance beeps and the message ‘Done’ appears on the display. At the end of the cooking process, the appliance beeps and the Keep warm/Reheat light goes on to indicate that the appliance has switched to keep-warm mode.
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ENGLISH Green bean soup Put the ingredients in the inner pot. Add the water. Make sure all ingredients including water do not exceed the maximum water level on the scale for dessert indicated on the inside of the inner pot. HD4768 (Fig.
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Press the Cook/OK button. The first instruction appears on the display. Press the Cook/OK button to start the cooking process. If you do not press this button, the cooking process starts automatically after 10 seconds. Note: You cannot change the cooking time for the Pudding submenus. The Cook/OK light goes on and the cooking animation appears on the display.
ENGLISH Steaming Put the steam tray in the steam basket. The line on the steam tray has to point to the mark on the steam basket. (Fig. 30) Measure 3 cups of water with the measuring cup and pour them into the inner pot. It takes approx.
Press the Stop/Cancel button to go to standby mode or unplug the rice cooker to switch it off. Keeping warm The keep-warm mode allows you to keep your rice or food warm for a longer period of time. Note: We advise you to keep your rice or food warm for not more than 12 hours so as to preserve its taste.
ENGLISH Setting the ready time with the Preset/Clock button Press the Preset/Clock button (Fig. 4). The lights of the available menu buttons go on. (Fig. 35) Press the button of the menu you want to use and, if necessary, select the desired submenu with the up or down button.
(Fig. 42). Guarantee and service If you need service or information or if you have a problem, please visit the Philips website at www. philips.com or contact the Philips Consumer Care Centre in your country (you find its phone number in the worldwide guarantee leaflet).
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Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service centre authorised by Philips. Take the inner pot to your Philips dealer or a service centre authorised by Philips. Check the quantities mentioned in the cake recipes in chapter ‘Recipes’.
The automatic keep-warm mode only works in the rice, congee, soup, stew and dessert menus. Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service centre authorised by Philips. Do not warm the milk too long in order to keep the bacteria alive in the yoghurt culture.
ENGLISH Press the Yoghurt button and press Cook/OK to confirm. Press Cook/OK again to skip the first instruction message. Set the cooking time to 3 hours. Then press the Cook/OK button to cook and close the lid. Note: If you want a more sour taste, you can set to a longer cooking time. When the yoghurt cooking process is finished, add some fruits or honey to the yoghurt and serve.
In a different bowl, mix the eggs, egg white, banana paste, softened butter, vanilla oil and honey. Then stir in the ingredients mixed in step 1. Mix well and make sure the mixture does not contain any lumps. Tip: To increase the banana flavour of the cake, use a ripe banana and mash it. Tip: To make the cake more moist, add another half banana.
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ENGLISH 2 Chinese sausages (90g) 60g dried shrimps 700ml water Seasoning 1: 1 tbsp water ½ tbsp soy sauce 1½ tsp chicken powder ¼ tsp allspice ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp white pepper Seasoning 2: ½ tsp soy sauce ¼ tsp sugar ½...
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