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Chak-chak () is a popular
fried dough Fried dough is a North American food associated with outdoor food stands in carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, rodeos, and seaside resorts. "Fried dough" is the specific name for a particular variety of fried bread made of a yeast dough; s ...
food in
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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
and other parts of
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. Chak-chak is made from unleavened dough cut and rolled into
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-sized balls, which are then
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in oil. Optionally, hazelnuts or dried fruit (e.g.
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) are added to the mixture. The fried balls are stacked in a mound in a special mold and drenched with hot
honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of pl ...
. 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
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s. The biggest chak-chak weighed and was prepared on 14 June 2018 during start of the
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Types

*If the dough is fried as
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, chak-chak is called boxara käläwäse (, , i.e. ''
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n 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.


See also

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Gulab jamun Gulab jamun is a sweet confectionery or dessert, originating in the Indian subcontinent, and a type of mithai popular in India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives and Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar. It is also common in nations with substantial popu ...
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List of fried dough varieties This is a list of fried dough foods. Many cultures have dishes that are prepared by deep frying dough in many various forms. Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food that are covered separately in the Wikipedia article List of doughnut varieties. ...
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List of Russian dishes This is a list of notable dishes found in Russian cuisine. Russian cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Russian Empire. The cuisine is diverse, with Northeast European/Baltic, Caucasian, Central Asian, Siberian, East ...
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Bashkir cuisine Bashkir cuisine () is the traditional cuisine of the Bashkirs. Their way of life, and the predominance of cattle breeding contributed culture, traditions, and cuisine of the Bashkirs. Traditional dishes and products Bashkir dishes are dis ...
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Tatar cuisine Tatar cuisine is primarily the cuisine of the Volga Tatars, who live in Tatarstan, Russia, and surrounding areas. History The cuisine of the Volga Tatars takes its origin from the cuisine of the Volga Bulgars, who once were nomads, but nearly 15 ...
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Lokma Lokma is a dessert made of leavened and deep fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. The dish was described as early as the 13th century by al-Baghdadi as ''luqmat al-qādi'' (), "judge ...
(a similar dish originating in Turkey) *
Mee siput Mee siput muar ( Jawi: ), or simply mee siput, is a cracker which originated from and is commonly available in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. Mee siput muar is traditionally and originally hand-made of flour dough which is rolled, stretched into lon ...
* Rengginang *
Struffoli ''Struffoli'' (; , ), also known as Honey Balls, is a Neapolitan dish made of deep fried balls of sweet dough. The dough is used in many Italian sweet treats such as '' chiacchiere''. For ''struffoli'', the dough is formed in to balls about the ...
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Sachima Sachima ( zh, t=, p=Shāqímǎ) is a sweet snack in Chinese cuisine made of fluffy strands of fried batter bound together with a stiff sugar syrup. It originated in Manchuria and is now popular throughout China. It can also be found in Taiwan ...
(a similar dish in Manchu cuisine) * Gavvalu (a similar dish in India) *
Funnel cake Funnel cake ( Pennsylvania German: ''Drechderkuche'') is a regional sweet food popular in North America, found mainly at carnivals and amusement parks. It is made by deep-frying batter. History The concept of the funnel cake dates back to the e ...


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