A Chef's Melody

Ingredients 1 cup +1 tbsp Unbleached All purpose flour 1/2 cup quick oats 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1 stick of salted butter 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chip What you need to do In a bowl,cream the butter and sugar. Add vanilla extract and mix. In another bowl,mix in 1 cup flour,oat and baking soda. Add 1 tbsp of flour to the chocolate chip and toss. Add the flour mix and chocolate chips to the butter-sugar mixture and form a soft dough. Roll the dough to form a log and wrap in with a plastic wrap and refrigerate  for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.Cut 1 inch thick disc out of the cookie log and line them on the baking sheet 1.5 inches apart. Bake for 18 mins. Once cooled to room temperature store in airtight container. Makes 18 cookies

Ingredients 4 leftover chappatis 2-3 tbsp sugar 1/4 tsp cardamom powder 1 tbsp ghee,at room temperature What you need to do Roughly tear the chappatis and pulse them in the blender/food processor along with the sugar to make a course powder. In a bowl,add the prepared powder,cardamom powder and ghee. Mix together and form small ball/ladoos. Note A day old chappati works better than fresh chappati. You could add dry fruits powder to these ladoos too. Makes 3 to 6 depending on the size