Remove dry pieces from red curry — they can repeat (5)
I believe the answer is:
recur
'repeat' is the definition.
('recur' can be a synonym of 'repeat')
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
(Other definitions for recur that I've seen before include "Come round again" , "Be repeated" , "come back to one's mind" , "Happen again (5)" , "Return to mind" .)