A daily component of Indian meal? (5)

I believe the answer is:

achar

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'component of indian meal?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'a daily' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'char' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'char'='ACHAR'

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(Another definition for achar that I've seen is " spicy pickle".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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