You can add one or more of your choice of vegetables while boiling - carrot, pumpkin, bottle gourd, beetroot, sweet potato, ash gourd, spinach, zucchini, etc.
To give a pleasant bite to this dal soup, you can add boiled sweet corn, grated carrot or beetroot, cooked and finely chopped baby corn, or french beans.
Avoid blending and straining the soup to get its maximum health benefits.
You can add chopped onion while boiling and minced garlic, chopped chili or curry leaves in tadka.
You can add vegetables and spices of your choice into this basic soup recipe and make different flavored healthy dal soup.
Add an extra tsp of ghee while serving.