Anyone who's had Indian food can say that you don't need meat to have a delicious meal. European and American food uses vegetables mostly plain, so of course it's not going to be the same as meat. But try any veg curry and then tell me you'd rather have Beyond Meat.
Right, though the large meat-abstaining culture in India is vegetarian and not vegan. As far as I'm aware, there has not been a traditional vegan culture. It's been made viable owing to supplementation and tangential modern products.
