Chak-Chak

Chak-chak[lower-alpha 1] (/tʃækˈtʃæk/) is a popular fried dough food in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

Chak-chak
TypeDoughnut
Place of originRussia
Region or stateTatarstan and Bashkortostan
Main ingredientsDough, optionally hazelnuts

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 kilograms (887 lb) and was prepared on 14 June 2018 during start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kazan.[2]

Types
  • If the dough is fried as noodles, chak-chak is called boxara käläwäse (Tatar: бохара кәләвәсе, [bɔxɑˈrɑ kælæwæˈse], i.e. bukharan käläwä).[1]
  • 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.

See also

Footnotes
    • Tatar: чәкчәк, cəkcək[1] or чәк-чәк
    • Bashkir: сәк-сәк, sək-sək
    • Russian: чак-чак, chak-chak

References
  1. "чәкчәк". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
  2. "Самый большой чак-чак в мире". www.pari.ru.
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