Fresh curries, regularly with pappadum starter (5)
I believe the answer is:
crisp
'fresh' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'curries regularly with pappadum starter' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'starter' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'pappadum' is 'p'.
The alternate letters of 'curries' are 'cris'.
'cris'+'p'='CRISP'
(Other definitions for crisp that I've seen before include "Hard, brittle; a snack" , "Firm ,dry, brittle" , "Thin slice of fried potato" , "food in packet" , "Snack item" .)