Like I said earlier, this is not really a recipe, but a note for posterity to preserve some of the family tradition. So, let's get on how to make this.
You will need:
- Rice flour - 1 cup
- Jaggery - 1 cup
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Grated nutmeg - a pinch
- Elaichi / cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
- Pachai Karpooram / edible camphor - teeny weeny pinch
- Ghee - 3 TBSP
Method:
1) Grate Jaggery finely or pound into very small pieces.
2) Mix rice flour, jaggery and coconut well for about 8 - 10 minutes till they finely incorporate into each other. You may need to extend this for 5 more minutes depending on how coarse the rice flour is. Do remember to sieve the rice flour before use.
4) Make a dent with your thumb on the smaller roundel and place a ghee soaked wick in the dent. Add a tsp of ghee and light the lamp and complete the pooja. Once the lamp dies down, distribute the roundels as bits of prasadam.
Yumm and really delicious Maavilaku Recipe,so deliciously done click.
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ReplyDeletemaavilaku looks perfect dear :)
I'll wait everytime my mom prepare this maavilaku during purattasi month,just to make sweet adai once we finish our pooja,makes me nostalgic..
ReplyDeleteWonderful post Kalyani.. always loved the authentic traditional customes practised in our place.. The clicks are really beautiful..:)
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Wonderful post Kalyani. Just now finished pooja. It is a custom in my home to make this on 3rd saturday of purattassi month.
ReplyDeleteThis is new to me. Love it. Is this purattasi month after duserra or before in the navratri?
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ReplyDeleteGrandma puts maavilakku fo puratasi saturday... Me only thaligai :)
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just now i had this maa vilaku ,a gulp of it made me truly divine..
ReplyDeleteMaa Vilakku is truly delicious and this is going help people who are away from home. We do this on 4th week saturday.. Thanks for it.
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Great post !! perfectly done !!
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Nicely done Kalyani.
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@ Archana - this is mostly around Navratri - the dates are based on the hindu calendar.
ReplyDeleteI love mavilakku mavu but we do it only during Aadi & Thai. Yours look so divine and beautiful.
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