Asian devouring starter of lentils and curry selection (5)
I believe the answer is:
thali
'curry selection' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'asian devouring starter of lentils' is the wordplay.
'asian' becomes 'Thai' (Thailand is in Asia).
'devouring' indicates putting letters inside.
'starter of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'lentils' is 'l'.
'thai' placed around 'l' is 'THALI'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for thali that I've seen is " Indian set meal".)