Spicy Sweet Carrots - FFwD

Traveling over the holidays, slicing my finger, these things have made posting difficult! We made the carrots for Christmas Dinner; luckily my son helped me with the carrots. My finger was not going to let me peel and chop carrots! Am I the only person having trouble finding cardamon pods? I used ground cardamon and feel like it wasn't as good. The other posts talked about how good their carrots were and ours were mediocre! For one thing I didn't use enough cardamom but I couldn't find a conversion for pods to ground. This is another recipe I'll try again when I find the pods.