Nothing left, one felt inadequate with Patty (7)
I believe the answer is:
falafel
'patty' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'nothing left one felt inadequate' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'fa'.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'one' becomes 'a'.
'inadequate' means to remove the last letter (only some of the word appears).
'felt' with its last letter taken away is 'fel'.
'fa'+'l'+'a'+'fel'='FALAFEL'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for falafel that I've seen before include "Cake of ground chickpeas" , "Deep-fried ball of ground chickpea" , "vegetarian snack" , "Middle Eastern deep-fried ball of chick-peas etc" , "food item" .)