Hot cooked veal to divide into two parts (5)
I believe the answer is:
halve
'divide into two parts' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'hot cooked veal' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'veal' is an anagram of 'alve'.
'h'+'alve'='HALVE'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for halve that I've seen before include "Cut into two equal portions" , "Cut down substantially" , "Divide equally between two" , "cut by fifty percent" , "Split in two" .)