Chicken Briyani

This is from the best cook I know of. Whenever friends get invited to our house for lunch, they can be sure to find this on the menu. And believe me, most of them have asked us to repeat it again, be it the vegetarian, the mutton or the chicken incarnation. This is no fancy recipe and might have the least number of ingredients than any briyani you have seen.
Here goes the unparalleled briyani recipe from the master :)

The pictures here actually don't do justice to the taste at all. Maybe, we should improvise on the visual appeal :)

Ingredients

Onions - 1 BIG
Tomatoes - 2
Green chillies - 10
Basmati Rice - 1 Cup
Masala - cloves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, briyani leaves
To Grind - ginger, garlic
Corriander leaves -1 bunch
Mint leaves - 1 bunch
Chicken - about 3 breast pieces

Chicken Briyani with egg

Method
1. Cut chicken pieces, wash them with turmeric and soak them in lemon juice for 30 min .. this makes them soft..
2. Chop Onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic , green chillies , corriander and mint leaves
3. Wash rice, drain the water and set aside.
4. Grind ginger,garlic, green chillies to a semi-solid form..
5. Heat oil in a pan .. add the masala items -
6. Add the onions and fry
7. Add tomatoes and fry till they are well mashed..
8. Add ground ginger garlic paste and fry till the aroma rises
9. Add corriander leaves and then the chicken pieces.
10. Add the basmati rice and fry it for a minute.
11.Add water a little less then 2 cups.. Add mint leaves.
12.Allow the cooker to release a good amount of pressure for some time and then put on the whistle, reduce the heat to medium and allow 3 whistles.
13.When the whistle dies down, bring the cooker off the heat. Once the pressure settles down, quickly transfer the rice to another vessel and mix thoroughly.
14.Serve with raitha and egg.