An intensive cancer treatment can lead to side effects like loss of appetite, taste changes, nausea, and more. Maintaining proper nutrition during this time is crucial, as weight or energy loss can delay recovery. Telugu cuisine offers familiar flavors with high protein and fiber content suitable for cancer patients. Onco team shares cancer-friendly versions of traditional Telugu recipes.
Cheesy Oats Pesarattu
Ingredients: Green moong, oats, raw rice, fenugreek seeds, green chillies, ginger, coriander leaves, ghee, paneer, vegetables, cheese
Method: Soak ingredients, grind batter, mix with oats powder. Stir-fry vegetables, make pancakes with batter, top with veggies and cheese, and serve hot.
Urad Dal Ladoo
Ingredients: Urad dal, sugar, ghee, cardamom
Method: Roast dal, grind with cardamom, mix with sugar and melted ghee, shape into laddoos.
Bobattlu (with wheat flour)
Ingredients: Wheat flour, chana dal, jaggery, ghee, cardamom, salt
Method: Make dough, cook and mash dal with jaggery, stuff into dough, roll and pan-fry.
Mango Rice
Ingredients: Cooked rice, raw mango, peanuts, chillies, ginger, dals, mustard, turmeric
Method: Roast peanuts, sauté spices, add mango and turmeric, mix with rice and garnish.
Beetroot Rasam
Ingredients: Beetroot, coconut, garlic, tamarind, onion, mustard, cumin, curry leaves, mint
Method: Cook and puree beetroot, sauté spices, add tamarind and puree, simmer to rasam consistency.
Chicken Pulao
Ingredients: Chicken, basmati rice, onion, tomato, curd, spices, ginger garlic paste
Method: Marinate chicken, sauté spices and vegetables, cook chicken, add rice and water, pressure cook.
Millet Cake
Ingredients: Millet flour, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla extract
Method: Whisk eggs and sugar, fold in flour and milk, bake until done.
Palak and Dal – Dry
Ingredients: Spinach, arhar dal, onion, garlic, spices
Method: Cook dal, sauté onions and spices, add spinach, stir in dal and season.
Sarvapindi
Ingredients: Rice flour, spinach, spring onions, curry leaves, chillies
Method: Boil water, mix with flour, add greens and spices, shape and cook like rotis.
Gongura Chicken Curry (Less Spicy)
Ingredients: Chicken, gongura leaves, poppy seeds, onion, spices
Method: Cook and puree gongura, roast poppy seeds to paste, cook chicken with spices and mix.
Egg Dosa
Ingredients: Dosa batter, eggs, onion, carrot, coriander
Method: Make dosa, crack egg on top, add toppings, flip to cook, and serve hot.
Crispy Bhindi Recipe
Ingredients: Bhindi, peanuts, chillies, spices, garlic
Method: Dry roast spices, powder them, fry bhindi, mix with spice powder.
Green Peas Vada
Ingredients: Green peas, ginger garlic paste, green chilli, cashew
Method: Boil peas, blend, shape into vadas, shallow fry.