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| Type | Doughnut |
|---|---|
| Region or state | Central Asia |
| Main ingredients | Dough, optionally hazelnuts |
Chak-chak (/tʃækˈtʃæk/) is a popular fried dough food in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other parts of Central Asia.
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 4,026.4 kilograms (8,877 lb) and was prepared on 14 June 2018 during the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kazan.
![Talkysh kaleve [ru] (left) and chak-chak (right)](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chakchak.jpg/120px-Chakchak.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Talkysh kaleve (left) and chak-chak (right)
Commercially produced chak-chak from Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
![Talkysh kaleve [ru] (left) and chak-chak (right)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chakchak.jpg)
