Chak-Chak

Chak-chak is a popular fried dough food in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

Chak-chak is made from unleavened dough cut and rolled into hazelnut-sized balls, which are then deep-fried in oil. Optionally, hazelnuts or dried fruit (e.g. apricots and raisins) are added to the mixture. The fried balls are stacked in a mound in a special mold and drenched with hot honey. After cooling and hardening, chak-chak may optionally be decorated with hazelnuts and dried fruits.

Traditional wedding chak-chak is larger and is often covered with candies and dragées. The biggest chak-chak weighed 402.4 kg and was prepared on 14 June 2018 during start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kazan.

Types

 * If the dough is fried as noodles, chak-chak is called boxara käläwäse (бохара кәләвәсе,, i.e. bukharan käläwä).
 * Kazakh shek-shek is similar to boxara käläwäse.
 * Uzbek chakchak comes as half rounded balls, noodles, and flakes.
 * Tajik chaqchaq comes in both types, as balls and as noodles.