Maa Vilakku Maavu Recipe (Maavilakku Recipe, How to Make Vilakku Mavu)

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Start by blending the ingredients. Take rice flour, jaggery and cardamom in a blender and powder it finely. You have to break the jaggery into small pieces before adding into the blender. No need to add any water, grind them without adding water.
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Now take the mixture in a mixing bowl. Start adding ghee little at a time and mix well using your hands. The moisture from the ghee and jaggery will combine to form into a dough like. The dough should be soft and supple. So add ghee accordingly.
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If the dough is hard, you might need to add more ghee. Because as you rest the dough, the dough will dry out.
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Now lets make the vilakku. Take the dough and place on a banana leaf. Use a cup to make a intent in the center. Fill the intent with sesame oil or ghee, put a vilakku tiri or wick and light it.
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You can make this for any festive occasion like karthigai deepam, aadi velli, thai masam, vilakku poojai.