Something hot in the salad? (6)
I believe the answer is:
radish
'something hot' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'in the salad?' is the wordplay.
'in the' becomes 'ra' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'salad?' becomes 'dish' (salad is a kind of dish).
'ra'+'dish'='RADISH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for radish that I've seen before include "Plant with crisp root eaten raw" , "Root eaten raw in salads" , "Root vegetable used in salads" , "Pungent red salad root" , "Bit of salad" .)