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Çäkçäk

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Type
  
Doughnut

Region
  
Tatarstan, Bashkortostan

Place of origin
  
Russia

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Region or state
  
Tatarstan and Bashkortostan

Main ingredients
  
Castor sugar, Wheat flour, Hazelnuts (optional), Sugar, Salt, Oil, Eggs, Honey

Similar
  
Gozinaki, Boortsog, Angel wings, Borodinsky bread, Tkemali

Çäkçäk (pronounced [ɕækˈɕæk], Janalif: Cəkcək, Tatar Cyrillic: Чәкчәк or чәк-чәк, çäk-çäk; Tajik: чақчақ, chaqchaq; Kyrgyz: чак-чак; Russian: чак-чак, chak-chak; Bashkir: сәк-сәк, säk-säk, Kazakh "шек-шек" (shek-shek)), frequently anglicized as chak-chak /ækˈæk/, is a Tatar sweet. It is particularly popular in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, and is recognized as Tatarstan's national sweet in Russia.

Çäkçäk is made from unleavened dough cut and rolled into hazelnut-sized balls, which are then deep-fried in oil. Optionally hazelnuts or dried fruits 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, çäkçäk may be optionally decorated with hazelnuts and dried fruits.

Traditional wedding çäkçäk is of bigger size and is often covered with candies and dragées. The biggest çäkçäk (1,000 kg) was prepared on 29 August 2005 during Kazan's millennium celebration.

Types

  • If the dough is fried as noodles, çäkçäk is called Boxara käläwäse (Бохара кәләвәсе, [bɔxɑˈrɑ kælæwæˈse], i.e. Bukharan käläwä ).
  • Kazakh shek-shek is similar to Boxara käläwäse.
  • Tajik chakchak comes in both types, as balls and as noodles.
  • References

    Çäkçäk Wikipedia


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