LG MS3043BARS Owner's Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MS3043BARS

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Precautions

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off any cooking activity when the door is opened; which in the case of a microwave oven could result in harmful exposure to microwave energy.

It is important not to tamper with the safety interlocks.

Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow food or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

Do not operate your oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the oven door closes properly and that there is no damage to the: (1) door(bent),

(2) hinges and latches (broken or loosened), (3) door seals and sealing surfaces.

Your oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except qualified service personnel.

Warning

Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire and subsequent damage to your oven.

When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling. This could result in a sudden boil over of the hot liquid. To prevent this possibility the following steps should be taken:

1Avoid using straight sided containers with narrow necks.

2Do not overheat.

3Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway through the heating time.

4After heating, allow to stand in the oven for a short time, stir or shake them again carefully and check the temperature of them before consumption to avoid burns (especially, contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars).

Be careful when handling the container.

Warning

Always allow food to stand after being cooked by microwaves and check the temperature of them before consumption. Especially contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars.

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Contents

How the Microwave Oven Works

Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in microwaves. Electricity, supplied to the magnetron tube, is used to created microwave energy.

These microwaves enter the cooking area through openings inside the oven. A turntable or tray is located at the bottom of the oven. Microwaves cannot pass through metal walls of the oven, but they can penetrate such materials as glass, porcelain and paper, the materials out of which microwave-safe cooking dishes are constructed.

Microwaves do not heat cookware, though cooking vessels will eventually get hot from the heat generated by the food.

A very safe appliance

Your microwave oven is one of the safest of all home appliances. When the door is opened, the oven automatically stops producing microwaves. Microwave energy is converted completely to heat when it enters food, leaving no “left over” energy to harm you when you eat your food.

Precautions

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Contents

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Unpacking & Installing

4 ~ 5

Setting the Clock

6

Child Lock

7

Micro Power Cooking

8

Micro Power Level

9

Two Stage Cooking

10

Quick Start

11

Continental Menu

12 ~ 15

Arabic Menu

16 ~ 18

European Menu

19 ~ 21

Oriental Menu

22 ~ 25

Auto Defrost

26 ~ 27

Quick Defrost

28 ~ 29

Energy Saving

30

Important safety instructions

Read carefully and keep for future reference

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Microwave - safe Utensils

32

Food characteristics & Microwave cooking

33 ~ 34

Questions & Answers

35

Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

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Unpacking &

Installing

By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing. Check to make sure that your oven has not been damaged during delivery.

Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.

GLASS TRAY

ROTATING RING

Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at

least 20cm of space on the top and 10cm at the rear for proper ventilation. The front of the oven should be at least 8cm from the edge of the surface to prevent tipping.

An exhaust outlet is located on top or side of the oven. Blocking the outlet can damage the oven.

THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES

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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Make sure your oven is the only appliance

connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate properly, unplug it from the electrical socket and then plug it back in.

Open your oven door by pushing the DOOR HANDLE. Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place the GLASS TRAY on top.

Fill a microwave safe container with	Press the	The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds.
300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on	START button	When it reaches 0 it will sound BEEPS. Open
the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you	once to set	the oven door and test the temperature of the water. If
have any doubts about what type of container to	30 seconds of	your oven is operating the water should be warm. Be
use please refer to page 32.	cooking time.	careful when removing the container it may be hot.
	You will hear
	a BEEP when
	you press the button.
	Your oven will start
	after you have finished
	the press.

YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED

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Setting the

Clock

You can set either12 hour clock or 24 hour clock.

In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven.

When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a ‘0’ will be shown in the display; you will have to reset the clock.

If the clock (or display) shows any strange looking symbols, unplug your oven from the electrical socket and plug it back in and reset the clock.

During clock setting the colon will flash. After setting, the colon will stop flashing.

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CLOCK once.

(If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press CLOCK once more. If you want to change different option after setting clock,

you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Press 10 MIN fifteen times.

Press 1 MIN three times.

Press 10 SEC five times.

If the key (10 MIN / 1 MIN / 10 SEC) is pressed and held, the time will increase rapidly.

Press CLOCK to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

QUICK MICRO CLOCK DEFROST

QUICK MICRO CLOCK DEFROST

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Child

Lock

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Your oven has a safety feature that prevents accidental running of the oven. Once the child lock is set, you will be unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place.

However your child can still open the oven door.

Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” appears on the display and

BEEP sounds.

The CHILD LOCK is now set.

The time will disappear on the display if you have set the clock.

“L” remains on the display to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set.

L

To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” disappears.

You will hear BEEP when it’s released.

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Micro Power

Cooking

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the MICRO button will select a different power level.

	POWER		Press	Power
			% MICRO	Output
	HIGH		100%	time (850W)
	MAX
	MEDIUM		80%	times (680W)
	HIGH
	MEDIUM		60%	times (510W)
	DEFROST		40%	times (340W)
	MEDIUM LOW
	LOW		20%	times (170W)

Press MICRO twice to select 80% power.

QUICK

MICRO CLOCK DEFROST

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

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Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven.

Micro Power

Level

	POWER LEVEL	USE	POWER LEVEL	POWER OUTPUT
			(%)
	HIGH	* Boil Water	100%	850W
	MAX	* Brown minced lamb
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat
	MEDIUM HIGH	* All reheating	80%	680W
		* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
	MEDIUM	* Bake cakes and scones	60%	510W
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup
	DEFROST/	* All thawing	40%	340W
	MEDIUM LOW	* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat
	LOW	* Soften butter & cheese	20%	170W
		* Soften ice cream
		* Raise yeast dough

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Two stage

Cooking

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40%.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

During two stage cooking the oven door can be opened and food checked. Close the oven door and press START and the cooking stage will continue.

At the end of stage1, BEEP sounds and stage 2 commences.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press MICRO once to select HIGH power.

Press 10 MIN once.

Press 1 MIN once.

QUICK MICRO CLOCK DEFROST

Should you wish to clear the programme press STOP/CLEAR twice.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press MICRO four times to select 40% power.

Press 10 MIN three times.

Press 1 MIN five times.

QUICK MICRO CLOCK DEFROST

Press START.

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In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Quick

Start

The QUICK START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the START key.

Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.

During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the START key.

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Continental

Menu

In the following example I will show y ou how to cook 0.4 kg of Couscous .

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Continental Menu once.

CONTINENTAL MENU allows you to cook

most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Category	Press
	Continental Menu
Couscous	time
Jollof Rice	times
Fufu	times
Mealie Pap	times

Press MORE four times to enter 0.4 kg.

Press START.

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Category	Weight	Utensil Food Temp		Instructions
	Limit
		Ingredients
			Couscous	0.1 kg	0.2 kg	0.3 kg	0.4 kg
			Water	120 ml	240 ml	360 ml	480 ml
			butter	1 Tablespoon	2 Tablespoons		3 tablespoons

Vegetable mixture

1.Pour water, butter in a large bowl and mix well. cover with plastic wrap and vent.

2.Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.

3.After cooking remove bowl from oven and cover, let stand for 15~20 minutes.

4.With a fork, fluff the couscous and mix the couscous with some of the vegetable sauce.

			Microwave-		Vegetable mixture
	Couscous	0.1~0.4kg		Room	15 pealed pearl onions or 2 cups sliced onions \ 15oz Can chick peas
			safe bowl
	(Cc-1)				2 large boiled potatoes cubed \ 1 sliced carrots
					1/2 cup chopped cilantro \ 1/4 cup chopped parsley
					2 tablespoons minced garlic \ 1 teaspoon paprika
					1/4 teaspoon nutmeg \ 1/2 teaspoon salt \ 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
					2 cans tomato sauce \ 1 Chicken broth
					1 1/2 cups water \ 2 tablespoons butter

1.Cook onions and butter for 5 minutes until caramelized.

2.Add carrots and garbanzo beans and cook for another 5 minutes, and add garlic, cilantro, parsley, potatoes and 1/2 tsp salt and mix vegetables.

3.In a large 4 quart sauce pan bring tomato sauce and 1 1/2 cup of water to a simmer.

4.Add seasonings and spices to the sauce then add vegetable mixture to tomato sauce and simmer for 10~12 minutes.

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Category

Weight

Utensil

Food Temp

Instructions

Limit

Ingredients

Rice

0.1 kg

0.2 kg

0.3 kg

0.4 kg

Stock

150 ml

300 ml

450 ml

600 ml

(meat or vegetable)

Vegetable oil

1 Tbs

2 Tbs

3 Tbs

Microwave-

Onion

1/2 onion

1 onion

2 onion

Jollof Rice

0.1~0.4 kg

Room

Tomato paste

1 1/2 teaspoon

3 teaspoon

6 teaspoon

safe bowl

(Cc-2)

some green chili, seeded and chopped

1.

Cook onion, chili and tomato paste in a lightly oiled frying pan until

lightly browned.

2.

Place the cooked tomato mixture into a deep and large bowl and

3.

add rice and water. Cover with plastic wrap and vent.

Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.

Stir at least twice during cooking.

Ingredients

Cassava or white yam

0.5 kg

0.75 kg

1.0 kg

Water

1 cup

1 cup

2 cup

2 tablespoons of butter Salt and pepper

1.

Place the unpeeled yams or cassava in a large bowl, and pour

Microwave-

water. cover with plastic wrap and vent.

Fufu

0.5~1.0 kg

Room

2. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.

safe bowl

(Cc-3)

3.

Drain the yams or cassava and let them cool.

4.

Peel the yams or cassava, chop them into large pieces and place

them into a large bowl with the butter, salt and pepper.

5.

Mash with a potato masher until very smooth.

6.

Place the fufu into a large serving bowl. Wet your hands with water,

form into a large ball and serve. You can also make smaller balls for

individual servings.

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	Category	Weight	Utensil	Food Temp			Instructions
		Limit
						Ingredients
						250 g mealie meal (white bread also possible)
						300 ml boiling water
						salt to taste
			Microwave-		1.		Combine all ingredients into a deep and large bowl.
	Mealie Pap	0.6 kg		Room			Stir with a fork or wooden spoon to obtain a crumbly consistency.
			safe bowl		2.		Cover with plastic wrap and vent. Place food in the oven.
	(Cc-4)
							Choose the menu and press start to cook.
					3.		When beep, stir.
							Stirring may be need more time during the cooking to prevent lumps.
					4. After cooking, stir occasionally to prevent lumps.
					5.		Stand covered for 2 minutes.
							Serve with any main meal, or with a thick gravy.

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Arabic

Menu

In the following example I will show y ou how to cook 0.4 kg of Saffron Rice.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Arabic Menu twice.

ARABIC MENU allows you to cook

most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Category	Press
	Arabic Menu
Grape Leaf	time
Saffron Rice	times
Kabsa	times
Rice Pudding	times

Press MORE four times to enter 0.4 kg.

Press START.

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Category

Weight

Utensil

Food Temp

Instructions

Limit

Ingredients

1 pot of grape leaves \ 2 large onions, finely chopped

1/2 cup olive oil \ 1 garlic cloves, crushed \ 1 tomato, chopped

1 cup lemon juice \ 1 tablespoon tomato paste \ Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1 cup white rice \ 1/2 cup water \ 1/4 cup chopped dill

Microwave-

1. Cook onions, garlic, tomato, tomato paste, and lemon juice in a

Grape Leaf

1 kg

Room

lightly oiled frying pan until lightly browned.

safe bowl

(Ac-1)

2. Add cooked rice, vegetable mixture, salt and pepper in a bowl and

mix well.

3. Place grape leaf on a flat surface and place 1 1/2 spoonfuls of the

rice mixture in the center of the leaf. Wrap rice mixture with leaf.

4. Put all wrapped leaves in rows into a deep and large bowl and add

water. Cover with plastic wrap.

5. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.

6. After cooking, serve with sour cream or as desired.

Rice

0.1 kg

0.2 kg

0.3 kg

0.4 kg

Water

250 ml

500 ml

750 ml

1000 ml

Oil(liquid)

1 tablespoon

2 tablespoons

3 tablespoons

Microwave-

Saffron water

1 teaspoon

2 teaspoons

3 teaspoons

Salt

To taste

Saffron Rice

0.1~0.4 kg

safe bowl

Room

1.Wash rice and drain. Add rice, water, salt, liquid oil and saffron water

(deep glass

(Ac-2)

pot)

into a deep glass bowl and mix them.

2.Do not cover to vaporize whole water. Place food in the oven.

3.When BEEP, stir rice and then cover with lid. Press start to continue

cooking.

4.After cooking, stir and stand covered for 5 minutes.

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Category	Weight	Utensil	Food Temp		Instructions
	Limit
					Ingredients
					1/4 cup butter
					1.2 kg chicken, cut into 8~10 pieces
					1 large onion, finely chopped
					3 garlic cloves, minced
					1/4 cup tomato puree \ 1 tomato, chopped
					2 medium carrots, chopped \ 1 pinch grated nutmeg
					1 pinch ground cumin \ 1 pinch ground coriander
Kabsa	2.0 kg	Microwave-	Room		salt & freshly ground black pepper
					2 cups hot water \ 1 chicken stock cube
		safe bowl
(Ac-3)					200 g long grain rice (don’t rinse or soak this)
					1/4 cup raisins \ 1/4 cup slivered almond, toasted
				1. Cook chicken, carrots, tomato sauce, garlic, onion and butter in a
					lightly oiled frying pan until lightly browned.
				2. Place the cooked chicken mixture into a deep and large bowl and
					add rice, water and spices. Cover with plastic wrap and vent.
				3. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
					Stir at least twice during cooking.
					Ingredients for marinade
					1/2 cups short grain rice (66 g) \ 600 g milk
					Pinch of salt
Rice Pudding	0.7 kg	Microwave-	Room		1/4 cup granulated sugar \ 2~3 teaspoons rose water
					1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom \ Honey for serving, optional
		safe bowl
(Ac-4)
				1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. cover with plastic wrap and vent.
				2. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
				3. When beep, stir.

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In the following example I will show y ou how to cook 1.0 kg of Spaghetti Bolognese.

European

Menu

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press European Menu once.

EUROPEAN MENU allows you to cook

most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Category

Press

Press START.

European Menu

Spaghetti Bolognese

time

Spaghetti Carbonara

times

Stuffed Tomato

times

Ratatouille

times

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	Category	Weight	Utensil	Food Temp		Instructions
		Limit
						Ingredients for bolognaise sauce
						1 tablespoon olive oil \ 1 onion, chopped \ 1 garlic clove, crushed
						400 g ground beef \ 100 g tomato paste \ 2 chopped tomatoes
						1 tablespoon dried greens \ Salt and pepper to taste
						Ingredients for pasta
	Spaghetti	1.0 kg	Microwave-	Room		150 g pasta, cooked as package direction
	Bolognese		safe bowl			1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
	(Sc-1)				1. Add all ingredients of the bolognaise sauce in a deep and large
						bowl and mix well. cover with plastic wrap and vent.
					2. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
						Stir at least twice during cooking.
					3. After cooking, stir and add bolognaise sauce to cooked pasta and
						garnish with parmesan cheese or as desired before serving.
						Ingredients for carbonara sauce
						100 g smoked bacon, chopped \ 1 garlic clove, crushed
						1/2 cup cream \ 4 egg yolks \ 100 g parmesan cheese
						Salt and pepper to taste
						Ingredients for pasta
						150 g pasta, cooked as package direction
	Spaghetti	0.4 kg	Microwave-	Room		1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
	carbonara		safe bowl		1. Cook bacon in a lightly oiled frying pan with garlic until lightly
	(Sc-2)					browned and drain away excess fat.
					2. Add cooked bacon, cream, egg yolks, parmesan cheese, salt and
						pepper in a deep and large bowl and mix well. Cover with plastic
						wrap and vent.
					3. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
					4. After cooking, stir and add carbonara sauce to cooked pasta and
						garnish with parmesan cheese or as desired before serving.

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	Category	Weight	Utensil	Food Temp		Instructions
		Limit
						Ingredients
						4 medium tomatoes
						Salt and pepper to taste
						400 g ground beef \ 1/2 cup bread crumbs
						2 garlic cloves, crushed \ 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
						1 tablespoon dried greens
	Stuffed	1.2 kg	Microwave-	Room		1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
	Tomato		safe dish		1. Cut tops off tomatoes to form hats and remove seeds, taking care
	(Sc-3)
						not to pierce flesh or skin. Then sprinkle each tomatoes with salt
						and pepper.
					2. Add the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, mix well.
					3. Stuff tomatoes with beef mixture and replace hat.
					4. Place stuffed tomatoes on a dish and cover with plastic wrap.
					5. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
						Ingredients
						1 onion, cut into chunks \ 1 eggplant, cut into chunks
						1 zucchini, cut into chunks
						1 colored sweet pepper, cut into chunks
						3 tomatoes, chopped \ 1 tablespoon tomato paste
	Ratatouille	1.5 kg	Microwave-	Room		2 garlic cloves, crushed \ 1 tablespoon fresh greens, chopped
			safe dish			2 tablespoons vinegar \ 1 teaspoon sugar
	(Sc-4)
						Salt and pepper to taste
					1. Add all ingredients in a deep and large bowl and mix well. Cover
						with plastic wrap and vent.
					2. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
						Stir at least twice during cooking.

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Oriental

Menu

In the following example I will show y ou how to cook 1.5 kg of Curry Chicken.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Oriental Menu once.

ORIENTAL MENU allows you to cook

most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Category

Press

Press START.

Oriental Menu

Curry Chicken

time

Dolma

times

Veg. Biryani

times

Idli

times

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	Category	Weight	Utensil	Food Temp		Instructions
		Limit
						Ingredients
						400 g chicken breasts, cut into chunks \ 1/4 cup olive oil
						2 onions, chopped \ 4 garlic cloves, crushed \1 ginger root, peeled
						1 cinnamon stick \ 2 dried red chilies \ 1 teaspoon tumeric powder
			Microwave-			400 g tomato sauce \ 1/2 cup water or stock \ 1/2 cup plain yogurt
	Curry chicken	1.5 kg		Room		1 tablespoon lemon juice
			safe bowl			Salt and pepper to taste
	(Oc-1)
					1. Add all ingredients in a deep and large bowl and mix well. Cover
						with plastic wrap and vent.
					2. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
						Stir at least twice during cooking.
						Ingredients
						1 pot of grapes leaves \ 200 g cooked rice
						500 g ground beef
						1 onion, chopped
						Salt and pepper to taste
						1/2 cup water
	Dolma	1.0 kg	Microwave-	Room		1/2 cup sour cream
					1. Add cooked rice, ground beef, onion, salt and pepper in a bowl and
			safe bowl
	(Oc-2)					mix well.
					2. Place grape leaf on a flat surface and place 1 1/2 spoonfuls of the
						rice mixture in the center of the leaf. Wrap rice mixture with leaf.
					3. Put all wrapped leaves in rows into a deep and large bowl and add
						water. Cover with plastic wrap.
					4. Place food in the oven. Choose the menu and press start to cook.
					5. After cooking, serve with sour cream or as desired.

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