Quietly, I start to lift gold dish (5)
I believe the answer is:
pilau
'dish' is the definition.
(pilau is a kind of dish)
'quietly i start to lift gold' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'gold' becomes 'au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
The initial letter of 'lift' is 'l'.
'p'+'i'+'l'+'au'='PILAU'
(Other definitions for pilau that I've seen before include "Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth" , "spicy stuff" , "Speciality" , "Eastern food" , "Eastern dish" .)