Veg Box (English) Curry

A curry that worked for once! Normally my try-it-and-see curries are a bit manky, but fed up with yukky curry pastes that taste rank I created this and it was lush. A bit English probably in the taste stakes but curry-ish and yumsome none the less. Result.

For 4 portions you need:
1 onion chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 inch ginger, grated
1 tsp each of ground cumin, corriander, tumeric
5 crushed cardamon pods
1 tin toms
1/2 cup ground almonds
3 carrots, diced
2 parsnips, diced
1/2 pack mushrooms, quartered
1 cup water
chopped corriander to garnish
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 chopped chilli

Begin by frying the onion in some oil. Add the garlic, ginger and spices and cook for a few mins. Add everything else apart from the almonds and corriander and bring to the boil then simmer for 15-20 mins until the veggies are tender. Add the almonds and heat through. Serve with rice/roti and chopped corriander.