Boiling pasta – Bring water to boil. Add salt and oil. When water starts boiling, add pasta.
cook pasta on medium flame until softened.
when pasta is cooked completely. Drain it and run it in a cold water.
Keep aside.
preparing pasta - Take a mixer jar and transfer toamtoes and red pepepr in it. make a fine puree.
heat oil in a pan.
add minced garlic and tomato puree.
add salt, turmeric powder, bay leaf, red chili powder and mix well.
cook the sauce on a medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes. Adjust the sauce consistency according to your taste.
When the sauce is ready, Add boiled macaroni and mix it well. cook for another 3 minutes on medium flame. At this stage, You can add some cheese and fresh basil leaves if you like.
Keep aside.
Preparing tikkas
First, wash and cut your sweet potatoes into medium pieces.
take a mixing bowl and transfer gram flour, oil, salt, turmeric powder, red chili power and coriander powder in it.
mix it well.
transfer sweet potatoes into it and mix it well. make sure to mix it with your hands so that your potatoes coated well with marination. The moisture of your hands will help to spread the marination properly.
Keep this mixture aside for an hour atleast.
heat your pan and grill/roast it on medium flame. Sweet potatoes will be soften quickly. It will usually take 5 minutes on medium flame. However, Don't forget to check with your fork before serving.
Assembling,
take a serving bowl and transfer pasta into it.
top it with grilled sweet potato tikkas.
serve hot.
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Notes
This recipe is inspired by Indian cuisine so the spices used here are Indian spices.
You can add/adjust the amount of cheese as per your liking. I personally don't like cheese in my red sauce pasta so I am avoiding it. You can add Parmesan which gives the best result.