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. 

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