Jail Chips, Mesh Chips

What would you call these chips?

Photo by the author. Jail/mesh chips, deep fried and ready to eat.

Jail, where they lock you up behind bars.

Or Jali, which is Hindi for “mesh.”

Which name is better, Jail or Jali(Mesh) for these chips which fluff up when you deep-fry them?

Back in the eighties, my brother and I have discussed this question: Jail or Jali? as seriously as adults discuss…