A drink and a piece of meat brought over for Indian chief? (8)
I believe the answer is:
maharaja
'indian chief?' is the definition.
'a drink and a piece of meat brought over' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'jar' (colloquial**).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'piece of meat' becomes 'ham'.
'brought over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'jar'+'a'+'ham'='ajaraham'
'ajaraham' reversed gives 'MAHARAJA'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for maharaja that I've seen before include "foreign ruler" , "Great Indian prince" , "Eminent Indian" , "Hindu prince" , "Indian prince or king" .)