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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Çäkçä
| image            = [[File:Chakchak.jpg|250px]]
| caption          = Çäkçäk (right) and Boxara käläwäse (left)
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| country          = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Tatarstan]] and [[Bashkortostan]]
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| type             = [[Doughnut]]
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| main_ingredient  = Dough, optionally [[hazelnut]]s
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'''Çäkçäk''' (pronounced {{IPA-tt|ɕækˈɕæk|}}, [[Janalif]]: ''Cəkcək'', [[Tatar Cyrillic]]: Чәкчәк<ref name="tes">{{TES|Чәкчәк}}</ref> or чәк-чәк, ''çäk-çäk''; {{lang-tg|чақчақ}}, ''chaqchaq''; {{lang-ky|чак-чак}}; {{lang-uz|chak-chak}}; {{lang-ru|чак-чак}}, ''chak-chak''; {{lang-ba|сәк-сәк}}, ''säk-säk'', Kazakh "шек-шек" (shek-shek)), frequently anglicized as '''chak-chak''' {{IPAc-en|tʃ|æ|k|ˈ|tʃ|æ|k}}, is a [[Tatar cuisine#Sweets|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 frying|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 [[Candy|candies]] and [[dragée]]s. The biggest çäkçäk (1,000&nbsp;kg) was prepared on 29 August 2005 during [[Kazan]]'s millennium celebration.<ref>{{ru icon}} [http://www.pari.ru/news/chak/chak.htm Chak-chak record in Kazan]</ref>

==Types==
*If the dough is fried as [[noodles]], çäkçäk is called '''Boxara käläwäse''' (Бохара кәләвәсе, {{IPA-tt|bɔxɑˈrɑ kælæwæˈse|}}, i.e. ''[[Bukhara]]n käläwä'' ).<ref name="tes" />
*[[Kazakh cuisine|Kazakh]] '''shek-shek''' is similar to ''Boxara käläwäse''.
*[[Uzbek cuisine|Uzbek]] '''chakchak''' comes in half rounded balls, noodles and flakes types.
*[[Tajik cuisine|Tajik]] '''chakchak''' comes in both types, as balls and as noodles.

==See also==
* [[List of doughnut varieties]]
*[[List of fried dough varieties]] 
*[[Tatar culture]]
*[[Tatar cuisine]]
*[[Lokma]] (a similar dish originating in Turkey)
*[[Struffoli]]
*[[Sachima]] (a similar dish in Manchu cuisine)
*[[Gavvalu]] (a similar dish in India)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://rinfom.com/kitchen/145-chakchak My Home] - Tatar cuisine recipes

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