Dolma rice based filling. Egyptians call this main course mahshi (also spelled mashi or mashy). It is stuffed vine leaves but traditionally, cabbage is used in the winter and vine leaves are used in the summer. According to Anthony Khatchaturian, a member of the Armenian community in Kolkata, India, the Bengali dish "potoler dorma" (stuffed gourd) was adapted from meat-stuffed vine leaves. "Mülebbes dolma" is a historic recipe from the Ottoman era. "Halep dolması"—named for Aleppo—is a dish of eggplants stuffed with a meat and rice filling that is flavored with spices and either sour plum flavoring syrup or lemon juice.
Five Leaves Left in 2016 placed the album at number 183. A list of "The 100 Greatest Debut Albums" in "Uncut" in 2006 placed "Five Leaves Left" at number 29. The record was also included in a list of "Debut Albums That Changed Music" in "Q" magazine in 2017. In a 2007 "Mojo" article titled "100 Records That Changed the World" "Five Leaves Left" was placed at number 78. It is also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", which called it "a remarkable work: stuffed with complex, introspective music but leavened with arrangements and production straight off