31amount of water and cooking time for porridgeOatmeal ½ measuring cup 1 measuring cup 2 measuring cuplevel mark 3 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 10Time** 35 min 40 min 50 min** Times calculated for: Room temperature 20 ° c, water temperature 18 ° csteaming vegetaBlesWith the included inner steamer you can steam vegetables. however, the cooking timesfor vegetables can be very different. Follow the instructions in your recipe. Turn the appli-ance off after the cooking time by hand. Therefore slide the on/off switch up.1. Make sure that the inside of the heating tank and the outside of the inner pot areclean and dry. Then place the inner pot in the appliance.2. Fill in water up to the level mark cup 1 into the inner pot.note:if the cooking times match, then you can also cook the vegetables together with therice. in this case, the appliance should, however, be filled only up to the level markcup 4. in addition, rice and vegetables could affect each others the taste.3. Place the inner steamer over the inner pot and distribute the vegetables in the innersteamer.note:Do not overfill. The vegetables must not protrude over the edge of the inner pot.4. close the lid and connect the power cord to the appliance and then to the wall out-let.5. Turn the appliance on and follow the cooking time required. The water in the innerpot is cooking when steam escapes from the steam outlet.6. once the vegetables are cooked, turn off the power and unplug the power cord.serve immediately.7. The appliance is ideal to keep warm soups/stews.