Maa Vilakku/ Aadi Velli Pooja
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Maa Vilakku -Aadi Velli Pooja:
Maa Vilakku , is a lamp made of jaggery, ghee and rice flour. It is prepared as an offering to the Goddess, during the special pooja observed on Fridays in Aadi month of Tamil calendar.
All Fridays of Aadi month are considered auspicious. We could see illuminated temples with chanting of mantras and devotional songs. Preparing sweets for neivedhyam and offering ( prasadam ) to the goddess, doing special poojas at temples will be practiced during this month.
Let us wish each other a very happy & prosperous Aadi Velli celebrations..!
My MIL prepared this Maa Vilakku for today’s pooja and offered to Goddess.
Glad to share this traditional recipe of Maa Vilakku with you all..!
Ingredients:
· Rice - 2 cup
· Jaggery powdered - 1 cup
· Cardamom - 2
· Ghee - 50 g
Method:
1. Wash and soak raw rice for 1 hour.
2. Drain and spread it on a white cloth to dry under shade.
3. Now, grind the damp rice in a mixie to smooth powder.
4. Take a pan, melt ghee.
5. Add powdered jaggery, rice flour and cardamom pwd.
6. Mix well.
7. Remove from flame.
8. knead to smooth dough.
9. Make a ball out of the dough.
10. Using thumb make a small dent on top of the ball.
11. Place a wick / thiri and pour ghee around it.
12. Light the thiri and offer your prayers.
13. After pooja, remove the wick, break it into pieces, and distribute as prasadam to eat.
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Wishing a lovely day to all..!
Jay
Very tasty prasatham.My mom use to make with sugar., that will taste diff., But i like jaggery addition only!!!Thanks for sharing :)
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ReplyDeleteHope you have a great weekend.
Jay, what a beautiful presentation. I am fascinated with the rice candles, I want to try to make them. Enjoy your month-long celebration. xo
ReplyDeleteVery tasty prasadam, we too offer prasadams through out this month, we call it sravanam. I too offered prasadm, but didn't get time for clicks. You have done a great job.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done vilakku and love the maavu too.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful done dear, looks so auspicious :)
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ReplyDeleteHappy Aadi Velli, Jay!
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ReplyDeleteVery nice one. Brings me to the memory of native place there we do lots of poojas like this.
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This looks auspecious.
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Thank u for sharing this traditional recipe Jay..Looks divine!!!
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I love this prasadam.. Ur posts bring back sweet home memories to me..
ReplyDeleteThankz a lot for all your lovely feedback..:)
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend..!
No conocía esta tradición.
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Very tasty prasatham
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Such a lovely spread, Jay! Everything looks, so unique, and pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful celebration...sounds divine:DDD
never heard of this lamp before..very unique n interesting...delicious spread...
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ReplyDeleteLovely spread. Great info.
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