Recipe: Chichis Like at the Beach

1 Bring the water to a boil and add the salt. Avoid adding salt to cold water if your pans are stainless steel. Pour the boiling water all at once over the flour.

2 Mix with a wooden spoon.

3 Heat the frying oil. Use a chichis maker, which you can find at markets or online. As soon as the fritters are cooked, about 4 to 5 minutes, drain them and place on absorbent paper. Roll them in caster sugar. Yum, just like at the beach!

4 A little story to help you avoid an accident: never drop a small ball of dough to test the heat of your oil, it might explode and you could be splashed with boiling oil. My son had his forearms bandaged for 2 days. Chichis are ribbed fritters with a dense batter. Now we know why: the ridges reduce pressure during frying. There's no such thing as coincidence.