{"id":33166,"date":"2025-05-23T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=33166"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:15:11","slug":"easy-coconut-curry-thengachar-ozhichu-curry-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/easy-coconut-curry-thengachar-ozhichu-curry-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Coconut Curry &#8211; Thengachar, Ozhichu Curry Grandmas Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33170\" src=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Easy-Coconut-curry-thengachar-recipe-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Easy-Coconut-curry-thengachar-recipe-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Easy-Coconut-curry-thengachar-recipe-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Easy-Coconut-curry-thengachar-recipe-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Easy-Coconut-curry-thengachar-recipe.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Kerala, for lunch, if there is no fish curry, rice will be always accompanied by a simple curry. It&#8217;ll be either coconut curry or coconut-yogurt curry (pulissery gravy).<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the easiest curries to make. My grandma serves this curry with rice &amp; dried tuna chammanthi, it&#8217;s such a simple lunch yet comforting. While in my dad&#8217;s family, this curry is often served with spicy fish curry &amp; rice, that way the spiciness of the fish curry will be balanced by the coconut curry.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few ways of making this curry, most add cumin seeds while grinding the coconut. My grandma adds fennel seeds, it imparts a different taste &amp; flavour.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing my grandmas recipe with you all, this has to be poured over hot rice, tastes better with dried shrimp or tuna chammanthi &amp; pickle.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/dried-shrimp-masala-with-coconut-kerala-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dried Shrimp Chammanthi, Click Here For Recipe<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33174\" src=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dried-shrimp-chammanthi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dried-shrimp-chammanthi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dried-shrimp-chammanthi-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dried-shrimp-chammanthi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dried-shrimp-chammanthi-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe mceNonEditable\" data-rating=\"0\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Easy Coconut Curry &#8211; Thengachar, Ozhichu Curry Recipe<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Main<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cuisine: <span class=\"cuisine\">Indian<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT15M\">15 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT20M\">20 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]To grind[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Coconut, grated- 1 1\/2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Green chilies- 1 or 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fresh ginger- 2-inch slice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Fennel seeds- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Turmeric powder- \u00bc tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- \u00bd cup or enough to make a smooth paste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]Other ingredients[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Coconut oil- 1 1\/2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mustard seeds- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Dried red chilies, halved- 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Curry leaves- 1 sprig<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- \u00bc cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">To a blender jar add the above-mentioned ingredients &#8216;to grind&#8217; &amp; grind to a smooth paste.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place a claypan or non-stick pan over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add oil, when the oil turns hot, add mustard seeds, let splutter.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add dried red chilies and curry leaves, saute for a few seconds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Lower the flame and pour the ground coconut to the pan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Rinse the blender jar with \u00bc cup water &amp; add the water to the pan.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Don&#8217;t make this curry too watery.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add salt and combine well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cook the coconut curry over medium heat for a few minutes, don&#8217;t let the curry come to a boil.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">When the curry starts to boil, take the pan off the heat and keep it covered.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">This coconut curry along with rice &amp; dried shrimp chammanthi tastes delicious.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Also goes really well with spicy fish curry and rice, pour the fish curry and coconut curry over the rice, combine well &amp; enjoy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kerala, for lunch, if there is no fish curry, rice will be always accompanied by a simple curry. It&#8217;ll be either coconut curry or coconut-yogurt curry (pulissery gravy). This is one of the easiest curries to make. My grandma serves this curry with rice &amp; dried tuna chammanthi, it&#8217;s such a simple lunch yet &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[348,1342],"tags":[35,1160],"class_list":["post-33166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coconut-by-ingredient","category-thiruvithamcode","tag-coconut","tag-kerala-recipes","course-main","cuisine-indian-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33175,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33166\/revisions\/33175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}