Ingredient for porridge given to a male by mistake (7)
I believe the answer is:
oatmeal
'ingredient' is the definition.
(oatmeal is a kind of ingredient)
'to a male by mistake' is the wordplay.
'by mistake' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'a'+'male'='toamale'
'toamale' with letters rearranged gives 'OATMEAL'.
'for porridge given' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oatmeal that I've seen before include "Kind of porridge" , "AA Motel (anag.)" , "Ground grain used to make porridge" , "Sort of beige" , "Eat loam (anag)" .)