How to Cook Red Ginseng
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Red Ginseng Menu Manipulating Method
Red Ginseng menu will guide you to steam-cook and decoct zhi mu(susam).
Turn cover handle to (pulling) direction, and select Red Ginseng by pressing Menu/Selection button.
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Press Set button, and set up time with Menu/Selection button.
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When red ginseng is selected, display window will show 12H.
(You will hear the voice saying "Press Red Ginseng Set button.")
1. To increase red ginseng time by 2 hours, press Menu/Selection button.
2. To decrease red ginseng time by 2 hours, press Menu/Selection button.
To switch continuously, keep pressing the button.
3. Red ginseng time can be set by intervals of 2 hours, unit between 2 hours and 24 hours.
(Initial set time is configured to 12 hours.)
To steam-cook, place 4 cups of water in steaming plate, and put zhi mu(susam) on it.
To decoct steam-cooked ginseng, take out steaming plate, and add water again. (See page 67.)
To change steam-cooking and decocting time, follow instruction using Menu/Selection button.
Press Pressure Cook/turbo button.
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Pressure Cook/turbo button will blink, and Menu/Selection and Cancel buttons will turn ON.
To proceed with steam-cooking or decocting for a set time, press Pressure Cook/turbo button, or press Pressure
Cook/ turbo button after pressing Set button.
During the progress of red ginseng, 'Cook' mark and remaining time will show up. (A voice will sound, saying "Red
ginseng menu is starting.")
1. Good zhi mu will have vertical balance of trunk, and be smooth with no scar or scratch.
2. Good zhi mu shall have two or at most three roots for balance just as human legs, and shall be flourishing with fine roots evenly.
3. Saponin, the main ingredient of ginseng, starts to shape up from 3 year old root and reaches culmination when the root reaches 6
years of age. Thus, 6 year old root offers the best effects, but is expensive, so a purchase of 3 to 4 year old roots through choice in
reference to the aforementioned red ginseng purchasing method may also be a good buy.
1. Zhi mus are collected and shipped out in the fall when ginseng leaves fall, so fall season is a good period to buy zhi mu for
affordable price.
2. Zhi mu can be best stored in dry place of low temperature about 3 to 5 degree Celsius, and requires storage in refrigerated
condition.
3. Mostly, zhi mu is liable to decay in 2 weeks of purchase, so purchase only as much as may be consumed within 2 weeks.
Note: Red ginseng function cannot be preset.
Set button will blink, and Menu/Selection, Cancel and Pressure Cook/turbo buttons will turn ON.
Menu/Selection button will blink, and Cancel and Pressure Cook button will turn ON.
