Freeze a lot of what goes into hot curry? (5)
I believe the answer is:
chill
'freeze' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a lot of what goes into hot curry?' is the wordplay.
'a lot of' means to remove the last letter (a lot of but not all of the word).
'what goes into hot curry?' becomes 'chilli' (a hot curry might contain chilli).
'chilli' with its final letter taken off is 'CHILL'.
(Other definitions for chill that I've seen before include "Make cool" , "Iciness" , "Unpleasant coldness in the air" , "minor illness" , "Cold feeling" .)