Burning dinner, daughter cuts very hot potato (8)
I believe the answer is:
vindaloo
'burning dinner' is the definition.
(hot meal)
'daughter cuts very hot potato' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'cuts' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into other letters).
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'hot' becomes 'in' (both can mean fashionable).
'potato' becomes 'aloo' (term for potato in Indian cuisine).
'v'+'in'+'aloo'='vinaloo'
'd' placed within 'vinaloo' is 'VINDALOO'.
(Other definitions for vindaloo that I've seen before include "hot stuff!" , "burner" , "Curry dish -- Avon lido (anag)" , "Type of hot curry" , "Very hot Indian curry" .)