• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Raks Kitchen
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipe index
  • Lunch ideas
  • About Me
  • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipe index
    • Lunch ideas
    • About Me
    • Amazon Store
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×
    Home » Recipes » Recent Posts

    Lemon semiya, lemon vermicelli upma recipe

    Updated on January 17, 2022 by Raks Anand Leave a Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Learn how to do lemon semiya step by step pictures and full video for beginners. Tasty south Indian breakfast under 20 mins.

    lemon semiya

    If you are regular reader of my recipes, by now you would be knowing I love tangy food. Lemon semiya is one amongst those of my go to breakfast or dinner.

    It comes handy when I have no other dinner option only for myself. Both Aj and Vj are not fan of this so, it's kind of pampering myself 😎

    Jump to:
    • Recipe card
    • Stepwise photos

    Whenever I am so hungry, want to prepare something of my favorites, under less cooking time.

    I clicked this one long back, but was hesitant to blog simple recipe like this.

    Now since my kitchen is under renovation, I am posting all the simple recipes I could do to keep my blog alive.

    Please bear with my simple recipes, I will sure come up with interesting ones, once I am back to my new kitchen.

    Though this is a simple one, I am sure this will help beginners, as well as bachelors.

    It's important to cook the semiya/ vermicelli without making it mushy and sticky.

    My mom and mom in law adds lemon juice while boiling water, along the semiya.

    But since we all worry about nutrition, also this one being low in nutritional value, everything counts.

    I have also followed my Maami's method of adding carrots and peanuts to add on something more into the plain lemon vermicelli upma.

    You can adapt the same to make it with Anil vermicelli too. My stepwise pictures and video are shot on two different instances, so there could be slight variation.

    I used anil semiya in steps picture and bambino in video.
    Check out my semiya upma recipe, lemon idiyappam recipe and other upma recipes

    Recipe card

    lemon semiya
    Print Pin
    5 from 1 vote

    Lemon semiya recipe

    Learn how to do lemon semiya step by step pictures and full video for beginners. Tasty south Indian breakfast under 20 mins.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Servings 2 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Vermicelli
    • 1 Lemon
    • 1.5 cup Water
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 tablespoon Peanuts
    • 2 Red chilli
    • Asafoetida - a pinch
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 teaspoon Chana dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • 1 tablespoon Carrot julienne
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger chopped
    Prevent your screen from going dark

    Instructions

    • Heat kadai with oil, splutter mustard.
    • After that add peanuts, torn red chilli, asafoetida, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, carrot, ginger everything else in order.
    • Roast until the dals are golden.
    • Then add turmeric and mix well. Pour 1 & ½ cups water along with required salt.
    • Bring to boil, add semiya in sprinkled way. Mix well.
    • Cook in high flame until almost all water is absorbed.
    • Put the flame to low and cook covered in low flame for 3 minutes.
    • Once done, mix well and switch off the flame. Fluff and squeeze lemon in sprinkled way.
    • Mix to serve.

    Video

    Notes

    • To avoid bitterness, always take out the seeds in lemon. You can give a quick wash too if you want.
    • Do not over squeeze lemon. Be gentle.
    • Add lemon juice only after switching off the flame.
    • I added 2 tablespoon of peanuts and found too much. So given as 1 tablespoon in the recipe.
    • Adjust red chilli and lemon juice as per to suit your taste.
    • You can use green chilli in place of red chilli. Can skip ginger if you do not like it.
    YoutubeDo you like short videos? Subscribe now!
    InstagramMention @rakskitchen or tag #rakskitchen if you have tried this recipe.

    Stepwise photos

    1. Heat kadai with oil, splutter mustard. Add peanuts, torn red chilli, asafoetida, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, carrot, ginger everything else in order.

    Roast until the dals are golden. Pour 1 & ½ cups water along with required salt.

    step1 temper

    2. Bring to boil, add semiya in sprinkled way with turmeric. Mix well. Cook in high flame until almost all water is absorbed.

    Put the flame to low and cook covered in low flame for 3 minutes.

    step 2 cook

    3. Once done, mix well and switch off the flame. Fluff and squeeze lemon in sprinkled way. Mix to serve.

    squeeze lemon in semiya

    Serve hot, tastes great as such, if you want can serve with coconut chutney.

    lemon vermicelli upma

    Other

    • gujiya
      Gujiya Recipe
    • pumpkin paratha
      Pumpkin Paratha Recipe | Kaddu paratha
    • aadi paal
      Aadi Paal Recipe
    • sodhi
      Sodhi Recipe | Tirunelveli Sodhi Kuzhambu

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Raks anand

    Hi, I'm Rajeswari Vijayanand! I am the person behind Rakskitchen, sharing recipes with pictures & videos.

    More about me →

    Popular

    • eggless-donut-recipe
    • medhu vadai
    • ABC-juice
    • sakkarai pongal recipe

    Top picks

    • mango milkshake recipe
    • nankhatai recipe with wheat flour
    • Honey chilli potato
    • matar paneer recipe

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    Links

    • Privacy Policy
    • FAQ

    Also from Rakskitchen

    • Rakskitchen Tamil

    Contact

    • [email protected]

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2023 Rakskitchen