Chak-chak

Chak-chak is now still one of the most popular sweet snacks in Kazakhstan and can be bought ready made in supermarkets. The simple dough is always more or less the same. After the dough is fried until it is crunchy it is mixed with a sugary honey syrup. Then it has to be formed quickly into a big dome. 

Recipe idea I got from here:
http://kazavida.blogspot.com/2009/01/chak-chak.html

Ingredients:
Dough:
3 eggs
2 teaspoons brandy
1/2 teaspoon salt
240 g flour
1 tbsp poppy seeds

Syrup:
330 g honey
1 dl sugar
2 tsp lemon juice

Vegetable oil for frying

Break fresh eggs into a bowl, add brandy, poppy seeds, salt, flour and make soft dough. Divide dough into pieces, roll them out using your hands, about 0,2 cm thick and 5 cm lenght sausages.  Fry dough pieces in vegetable oil. 

Mix honey with sugar and boil the mixture in a separate bowl until all sugar dissolves. Add lemon juice.  Pour still boiling mixture into the fried dough pieces and mix everything. Shape chak-chak as you wish, Use cold water to wet your hands so you won't get burn and and the mixture won't stick to your hands.  Chak-chak is ready to eat when it cools down. Enjoy!