The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BALTI
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More clues leading to the result BALTI
- US city needs no more curry
- Spicy dish from US port? No more
- Spicy dish served by restaurant finally in Indonesian island
- Not finishing, freezing cold curry
- Curry dish — the thing experimental unit served up
- Some herbal titbits in cooked dish
- Temperature adopted in Asian island for Indian food
- Time to tuck into Indonesian island dish
- Food that might be hot or cold from the sea
- It’s a bit spicy around plate
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The straight part
We know that "Food that might be hot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food that might be hot = balti.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BALTI mean?
BALTI noun- A style of Pakistani cooking in which the food is cooked in an iron pan having two handles.
- A dish cooked in this style.