Chak-chak at home - 10 step-by-step cooking recipes

Chak-chak is everyone's favorite oriental sweet, which is made from pieces of unleavened dough. You can even buy such a dessert in a store, but why bother, if you can cook it at home. Especially for this, we have selected 10 good recipes.

The classic recipe for chak-chak in Tatar at home

Tatar dessert chak-chak is made from fried dough soaked in honey. It turns out to be very sweet and satisfying, it just melts in your mouth.

Cooking time: 80 minutes

Cooking time: 55 minutes

Servings: 5.

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  Break the chicken eggs into a bowl, add salt, baking soda and half the sugar. Whisk the ingredients with a fork until fluffy.
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  Next, sift wheat flour into a bowl and knead the dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
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  After that, divide the dough into 2-3 parts and roll thin sausages from the pieces.
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  Use a knife to cut the sausages into 1.5 cm wide pieces.
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  Put honey in a saucepan and add the remaining sugar, stir and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer for 7-10 minutes.
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  Pour vegetable oil into another saucepan and put it on fire. Dip a deep-frying net into boiling oil, put a small part of the blanks and fry them until tender, stir the dough periodically. Then, using a mesh, remove the finished balls from the butter and place them on paper towels. Do the same with all the blanks.
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  When all the balls are ready, transfer them to a large bowl and cover with sweet syrup, stir the contents of the bowl all the time so that the syrup is evenly distributed.
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  Next, form a slide from the balls with your hands, pour the remaining syrup over it. Chak-chak is ready.

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Delicious Tatar chak-chak with honey

Traditional Tatar sweetness, chak-chak, has an incomparable taste. This dessert can easily stand in the closet for 2 weeks and not spoil at all. We will tell you how to make this wonderful sweetness in our recipe.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 2.5 tbsp.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Milk - 3 tablespoons
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
• For deep fat:
• Vegetable oil - 400 ml.
• For syrup:
• Sugar - 5 tablespoons
• Honey - 4 tablespoons
• Water - 4 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour with baking powder, add sugar and salt, mix ingredients. Next, break the eggs and pour in the milk, knead the dough. Let the dough rest for 10-15 minutes.
2. After that, roll out the dough into a very thin layer and cut it into strips 1.5 centimeters long and 0.5 centimeters wide.
3. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, bring it to a boil and deep-fry the dough pieces until golden brown.
4. Next, blot the strips of oil on paper towels.
5. Transfer the workpiece to a volumetric container.
6. Make a syrup. Pour sugar into a saucepan, pour water and put on fire, cook until sugar dissolves.
7. Then add honey, stir and continue to cook for 5-10 minutes over low heat.
8. Pour the resulting syrup over the fried strips and mix well.
9. Place the strips on a flat dish, making them a slide. Place the chak-chak in the refrigerator until the syrup cools completely. Dessert is ready.

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Step-by-step recipe for making chak-chak dessert with vodka

This unusual oriental sweetness is a delight. It is prepared simply, without any special problems in the recipe. To make the dough more crunchy, a little vodka is usually added to its composition.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 400 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Vodka - 30 ml.
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Honey - 250 ml.
• Sugar - 70 gr.
• Sunflower oil - 500 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Beat eggs with a whisk. Refrigerate them beforehand.
2. Next, add sifted flour and a pinch of salt to a bowl, knead the dough. Pour in some vodka and continue stirring.
3. The dough is soft, elastic and does not stick to your hands.
4. Divide the dough into parts, roll thin flagella out of them, cut them into pieces 1.5 centimeters long.
5. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, bring it to a boil and fry the dough strips in it.
6. Blot the finished chak-chak blanks from the oil on paper towels.
7. Pour sugar into a saucepan and pour in a couple of teaspoons of water, bring the mixture to a boil, then add honey, stir. Reduce heat and simmer for 5-7 minutes. Place the deep-fried dough in a bowl, pour over the syrup and stir.
8. Then place the chak chak on a flat dish, shape it into a cone and let it cool completely.

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How to make homemade chak-chak without adding vodka?

According to this recipe, you can prepare one of the variants of the eastern chak-chaka dessert. With honey and no vodka, this cake just melts in your mouth. According to the eastern tradition, such a dessert was prepared for a wedding.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Sugar - 70 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Wheat flour - 300 gr.
• Vegetable oil - 600 ml.
• Salt to taste.
• Honey - 140 ml.
• Butter - 50 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Melt the butter and cool to room temperature. Break eggs into a bowl and whisk them. Add salt and half sugar, stir again. Next, pour in the melted butter and add the sifted flour. Knead a soft, non-sticky dough.
2. Roll out the dough very thinly and cut into strips.
3. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, bring it to a boil and dip the dough pieces into it. Fry the strips until golden brown.
4. Blot the finished dough strips on paper towels and transfer to a deep bowl. Put the honey and the remaining sugar in a saucepan, stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a boil and remove from heat. Pour the syrup over the dough strips and mix well.
5. Place chak-chak on a flat dish and shape into a slide. When the syrup has cooled completely, you can remove the sample from the dessert.

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Delicate chak-chak melting in your mouth

Chak-chak melting in your mouth is a popular honey dessert in Tatar cuisine. It is a deep-fried unleavened dough formed into a small hill, soaked in sweet syrup.

Cooking time: 180 minutes

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Yolk - 2 pcs.
• Dry yeast - 2 pinches.
• Water as needed.
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Sunflower oil - 2 tbsp.
• For syrup:
• Honey - 400 ml.
• Sugar - 130 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Beat chilled chicken eggs and yolks until fluffy.
2. Add the sifted flour to the beaten eggs in several stages and knead the dough.
3. While kneading, add some ice water and continue kneading. Then add the fast-acting yeast and salt.
4. The dough should be kneaded for at least 10 minutes so that it is elastic and not sticky. Then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.
5. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and divide it into 4 pieces.Roll each piece into a thin layer.
6. Then cut the dough into thin strips 1.5-2 centimeters long.
7. Pour vegetable oil into the pan, boil it and lower the dough pieces into the pan. Deep-fry them until golden brown.
8. Transfer the finished dough to a paper towel to drain off excess fat.
9. Put honey and sugar in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
10. Pour the hot syrup over the golden dough strips and mix well.
11. Place the chak-chak on a flat plate, shape the workpiece into a slide and tamp it down a bit. When the syrup has cooled completely, the chak-chak can be served on the table.

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Incredibly tasty and simple chak-chak with condensed milk

This is a slightly simpler version of the delicious Tatar dessert chak-chaka. Instead of honey syrup, we will pour the dough with condensed milk. This sweet is served on a holiday to treat dear guests.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 250 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 0.2 tsp
• Water - 65 ml.
• Butter - 15 gr.
• Vegetable oil - 250 ml.
• Condensed milk - 1 can.

Cooking process:

1. Beat eggs with sugar until whitened.
2. Then add the sifted flour to the bowl, stir.
3. Melt the butter, add it to the dough, also pour in the water and mix well. Knead the dough with your hands and place in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
4. Sprinkle flour on the work surface. Divide the dough into several pieces and roll them out thinly.
5. Cut the dough into thin strips.
6. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the dough strips on it until golden brown.
7. Blot the fried strips from the oil on paper towels, then transfer them to a bowl and pour with condensed milk.
8. Put the pieces of dough soaked in condensed milk on a flat dish and form a cake. Dessert can be eaten right away.

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A quick recipe for cooking chak-chak in a pan

Homemade chak-chak is much tastier than the purchased one. Although you have to tinker a bit with the dough, the delicious dessert is definitely worth it. Such a dish can even be served on a holiday.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• Wheat flour - 350 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Baking soda - 2 pinches.
• Honey - 1 tbsp.
• Sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Oil - for deep fat.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, baking soda and eggs. Knead the dough and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.
2. Roll out the dough very thinly and cut into small strips.
3. Pour vegetable oil into the pan and in portions, fry the dough until golden brown.
4. Transfer the dough to paper towels so that the glass is oil.
5. Put honey and sugar in a saucepan, boil the syrup and pour over the dough. Stir the contents of the bowl well, place the chak-chak on a flat dish and let it cool completely.

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Lean chak-chak without adding eggs

The delicious oriental delicacy chak-chak turns out to be very satisfying and high-calorie. Even in Fasting, you can cook this yummy without eggs, with the addition of nuts and dried fruits.

Cooking time: 80 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 500 gr.
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Water - 800-900 ml.
• Nuts - 150 gr.
• Raisins - 150 gr.
• Lean oil - 500 ml.
• For syrup:
• Water - 100 ml.
• Sugar - 200 gr.
• Honey - 200 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Mix flour, salt, sugar and water in a bowl. You should have a soft and elastic dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it sit for half an hour.
2. Dry the nuts in a dry frying pan. Rinse the raisins and dry them on paper towels.
3. Divide the dough into 4 parts.
4. Roll each piece thinly and cut into strips.
5. Fry the dough until golden brown in vegetable oil. Then blot the finished dough with oil on paper towels.
6. Put honey in a saucepan, add sugar and water, cook syrup for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
7. Combine the dough, nuts and raisins, pour the honey syrup over the mixture, stir.
8. Fold the chak-chak into a mold and wait until it has completely cooled down. After that, you can treat them to guests.

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How to cook delicious Tatar chak-chak with cognac?

There is nothing difficult in preparing chak-chak. Unlike other homemade cakes, it is made without baking from the few ingredients available. Thanks to the honey impregnation, the chak-chak simply melts in the mouth.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 16.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 0.5 kg.
• Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
• Sugar - 1/3 tbsp.
• Cognac - 1 tablespoon
• Natural honey - 1.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - 700 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Beat chicken eggs with a mixer. Add cognac to beaten eggs, stir.
2. Sift flour into a bowl, knead the dough.
3. Knead the dough until smooth and no longer sticky to your hands.
4. Then divide the dough into small pieces, twist thin strands of them and cut them into strips.
5. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, heat it and deep-fry the dough until golden brown.
6. Blot the finished dough on paper towels.
7. Combine the honey and sugar, put the mixture on a low heat or steam bath, heat it up and bring to a homogeneous mixture.
8. Pour the honey syrup over the dough and stir. Place the chak chak on a flat plate in the shape of a slide. When the syrup has cooled completely, the chak-chak can be served on the table.

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Gentle chak-chak with baking powder at home

Chak-chak is an amazing oriental dish traditionally prepared on major holidays. But its preparation is so simple that it can be easily prepared for a tea party with close friends in literally an hour and a half.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 300-450 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Baking powder for dough - 0.5 tsp.
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Vegetable oil - 250 ml.
• For syrup:
• Honey - 120 ml.
• Sugar - 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Break the chicken eggs into a bowl and whisk them until smooth.
2. Then add sugar and baking powder, continue whisking. Next, sift flour into a bowl and knead the dough.
3. Then roll out the dough very thinly and cut into small strips.
4. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, heat it and fry the dough in it until golden brown.
5. Make honey syrup. Pour honey and sugar into a saucepan. Put the saucepan on the fire and simmer the syrup for a couple of minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.
6. Transfer the finished dough to a bowl and pour over it with honey syrup, mix.
7. Put the chak-chak on a flat plate, shape the cake into a slide. Let the chak-chak cool completely and the dessert is ready.

Bon Appetit!