Indesit MWI 14IX - Manual (Page 9)

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Using the controls and setting
the modes
27
Microwave-only function
This function is suitable for:
•
Keeping food hot page 27
• Defrosting page 27
• Heating page 29
• Cooking stew, white meats, fruit, vegetables,
rice, soup and fish
page 31
• To brown the foods, to bake pastry
and fruit
page 33
Turning the oven on using only
microwave function
Place the food in a container
suitable for microwave cooking
and place it in the centre of the
turntable
N.B: You do not have to pre-
heat the oven.
Check to make sure that the
programme selector knob is in
position
Choose the power level you
want by turning the power
selector knob.
Set the cooking time desired by
turning the timer knob in a
clockwise direction.
Once the set cooking time has
expired, a buzzer will sound to
signal that your food is ready.
It is possible to interrupt the
oven’s operations at any time
simply by turning the timer knob to its “0” setting. You
may also change the cooking time (while the cooking
itself is in progress) by turning that same knob back or
forth.
You can check on the situation while the cooking is in
progress by opening the door and examining the food.
That move will interrupt the oven’s operations, but
they will begin again once the door has been closed.
Using the microwave only function to
keep food hot
This function enables you to keep food hot, whether
that food be just cooked or re-heated, without having it
get dry or stick to its container.
Selecting the power level and covering the
food with a plate or plastic film, you will find that foods
will remain warm up to serving time
You can leave foods in their cooking container if they
are covered.
Using the microwave only function to
defrosting
• Foods frozen in bags or plastic sheeting or in their
packaging may be placed directly in the oven, as
long as they have no metal parts (e.g., bands or
closure rivets).
• Certain foods, such as greens, vegetables and
fish, do not have to be completely defrosted before
you begin cooking them.
• Stewed foods and meats as well as meat sauces
defrost better and quicker if they are stirred from
time to time, turned over or separated.
• While defrosting, meat and fish lose their liquid
content. It is recommended, therefore, that you
defrost such items in a tray or basin.
• It is advisable to separate each individual piece of
meat from its bag before putting it in the freezer.
This will help you save valuable time will preparing
foods.
• Be careful about following the cooking times
printed on frozen products, because those times
are not always correct. It is best to use defrosting
times slightly less than those indicated. The time
needed for defrosting will vary in terms of the
degree to which the food has been frozen.