Rice Flour Lamp (Mavilakku), is the sweet lamp made for Purtassi (Fasting) Prayers. This edible lamp is made from rice flour, ghee, cardamom (elachi) powder and a suitable sugar agent to bind the ingredients together forming a cookie dough-like texture. Amma used to make the lamp with honey or condensed milk. As kids the rice four lamp was the highlight of fasting prayer food.

 There was always much excitement over the making of the lamp in our house over who would get to make the Lamp. Amma would usually cook everything herself but she sometimes got one of my older sisters or me to make the lamp. Amma had a strict rule whenever she made any food for Prayers-she never tasted it and expected us to do the same if we were helping her cook.

The Rice Flour Lamp was one of the last things to be done on the prayer day, after making veda and gulgula. If you want to make it early in the day- it can be kept in the fridge. I have used honey to make the rice lamp in this recipe, similarly, if you use condensed milk or try my homemade condensed milk, the colour of the lamp will differ from the one pictured in this recipe.  I have used 1 cup Rice flour to yield a small lamp. If you would like a larger rice flour lamp then increase all ingredients proportionately.

Finding rice flour is not too difficult; you can find it in most supermarkets either in the Gluten Free Food section or in the Health Food Section of smaller supermarkets.

How to Make a Rice Flour Lamp Step By Step

1. Combine dry ingredients.

Add wet ingredients. Combine until a soft dough forms.

How To Shape A Rice Flour Lamp

1. Shape the dough into a ball then place on to the plate you wish to place the lamp.

2. Use a teaspoon to shape the lamp. (If you are making a larger sized lamp-use a tablespoon). Simply press a teaspoon on the top of the ball to make an indent in the lamp. This indent will hold the oil/melted ghee for the lamp. You can store this in the fridge until it is ready for use.

3. Remove the lamp from the fridge just before you intend to light it.
4. Fill this indent with ghee/oil.
5. Place a cotton wool wick in the indent.  Light the lamp.

Rice Flour Lamp Recipe

Rice Flour Lamp For Fasting Prayers

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Ms Pillay Course: Uncategorised

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

Calories

kcal

Total time

0

minutes

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Ingredients

US Metric

• 1 cup 1 rice flour

• 1 tablespoon 1 Ghee

• 2 tablespoons 2 honey or condensed milk

• ½ teaspoon teaspoon cardamom powder

• ¼ cup rice flour for dusting

• 3 tablespoons 3 melted Ghee for lighting the lamp

• 1 1 Cotton wool wick

Directions

• Start by sifting the  cup rice flour. Add cardamom powder. Mix.
• Add the Ghee.
• Mix to form fine crumbs.
• Add the honey/ condensed milk. Mix well, until soft pliable dough is formed.  If the dough gets too soft -dust with rice flour.
• Shape the rice four lamp. See instructions below.
• Fill the lamp with melted ghee. Set aside in a cool dry place until needed for the prayer.
• After the prayer simply break off or slice the lamp and enjoy.

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