Chicken biriyani

Ingredients :
Basmathi rice -1cup
Chicken-1/2kg
Onion -2 medium sized
Tomato-1 big sized
Bay leaf-2
Cinnamon stick -1 inch
Cloves-4
Green Cardamom -2
Salt as per taste.
Ghee -2 Table spoon
Ginger and garlic paste -1Table spoon
Ginger-sliced
Green chilli -3 long sliced
Turmeric powder -1/4 Tea spoon
Red chilli powder -1 Tea spoon
Coriander powder1 Tea spoon
Cardamom powder -1/4 Tea spoon
Coriander leaves
Pudina leaves
Egg-3 (optional)
Water

How to prepare:
1.First wash the rice and soak for 20mins.
2.Take a deep bottomed pan,add ghee ,when it gets heated up add bay leaf, Clove, cinnamon stick,pepper corns and cardamom saute it for a min.
3.Now add onions, fry untill it turns golden brown.
4. Add tomatoes & saute it .Cook for 3 mins, now add ginger -garlic paste and green chilli ,now add chilli powder, turmeric powder,coriander powder.
4.Add salt  ,coriander & pudina leaves ,cook till tomatoe becomes soft.then add washed medium sized chicken pieces to it & cook for ten mins.
5.Now cook soaked  rice by adding 2 cups of hot water in a separate vessel.
6.Cook for 15 mins.check whether  rice is cooked ,if yes turn off the flame
7.Now add this cooked rice to pan containing tomato paste,again put some coriander leaves , Pudina leaves and mix it well.put cardamom powder ,sliced ginger & boiled egg .cover the vessel with aluminium foil and steam it for 10-15mins in very low flame by keeping big pan under this vessel.
Till steam comes out .
8.Chicken biriyani is ready.