Ma Vilakku

Ingredients:-

Raw rice                                                - 2 cup

Jaggery (grated)                                   - 1 ½ cup

Cardamom powder                             - 1 tea spoon

Cotton wicks                                         - 2

Ghee                                                       - 6 Table spoons

Method:-

Soak rice for ten minutes and drain water. Grind the rice in a mixie and sieve it to soft powder. In a bowl take the rice powder, cardamom powder and Jaggery and mix it and kneed it with your hand pressure for 20 to 30 minutes. Initially you will feel that it is never going to mix well. But the Jaggery will melt when you kneed and you will get smooth tight dough. Never add water to the dough.

Split the dough into two equal size balls and press them to form thick discs. In the center of the disc make an impression to hold 3 table spoons of ghee. Fix the cotton wick to the rice lamps and lit it.

Lighting this Ma Vilakku is very good to drive away the negative energy from our homes.

After the ghee is finished the light goes off by it self. Now you can eat the Maavu as it is or after taking out the burnt wick and burnt portion of the Maavu add enough water to make thick dough as of Dosa dough. If needed add finely cut coconut to it and fry them in the unni aappam chatty. You get yummy unniyappams.