Asian recipe in area woman covers (5)
I believe the answer is:
raita
'asian recipe' is the definition.
(Indian dish)
'area woman covers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'area' could be 'a' (maths abbreviation) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'woman' could be 'rita' and 'rita' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raita that I've seen before include "dish in Indian restaurant" , "Dishy thing" , "Yogurt, chopped cucumber and spices" , "Indian dish of chopped cucumber and yoghurt" , "Curry cooler" .)