Sukham Ayu has been awarded second place as the Best Cookbook in the world, in the Health and Nutrition Category at the Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2009.

According to Ayurveda, ayu or life is an orchestra of body, senses, mind and soul. The body and the senses have to be nurtured in a way that they take care of the mind and soul. Ayurvedic cooking and Ayurvedic diet focuses on balance, moderation and compatibility of the food with individual and his environment, thus leading to a well-lived life of happiness and contentment, or Sukham Ayu.

You are what you eat, claims the popular adage. What you eat need not be elaborate menus with unavailable and exotic ingredients, but simple home cooked food using regional and seasonal ingredients that suit your constitution. This is the quintessence of an Ayurvedic diet in a nutshell.

This collection Ayurvedic recipes consists of daily, simple, vegetarian dishes that all Indian homes are familiar with. These recipes have been included with a clear focus on freshly cooked food, on the correct use of spices to enhance taste and good health, on the right combinations that make them suitable for all body types.

Slight variations and unobtrusive additions and deletions to daily home cooking, along with Ayurvedic insights, make these recipes worth trying