Hot variety of curry (6)

I believe the answer is:

madras

(Other definitions for madras that I've seen before include "Kind of curry" , "Variety of curry" , "Capital city" , "Former name of Indian city and state" , "Old name for city now known as Chennai" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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