Wash the lentils cold. Bring the drained lentils to a boil with 600 ml of cold water in an open pressure cooker. If foam forms on the lentils, skim them off.
Add the onions, 1 tablespoon olive oil, bay leaf, clove and allspice to the lentils. Close the pressure cooker, cook the lentils under pressure for 15 minutes.
Heat the remaining oil in a pan, fry the garlic briefly, add the tomatoes, basil, oregano and thyme, season with salt and pepper.
Reduce the tomatoes to a thick sauce in 8 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
Stir the tomato sauce into the cooked lentils. Season the stew with instant vegetable stock, simmer for another 3 minutes. Remove from the fire, stir in the parsley.
Tip: The stew tastes more aromatic with canned tomatoes.
In addition I serve potatoes and possibly a sausage.