Ropa Vieja with Fried Plantains

Name: Ropa Vieja with Fried Plantains
Ingredients: * 1 1/2 pound flank steak (in israel i used cut #4, katef mercazi); * 2 medium onion (1 quartered with skin on and 1 peeled and sliced); * 2 carrot, roughly chopped; * 8 clove garlic (5 crushed and 3 minced); * 1 bay leaf; * 1 1/2 quart water; * 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; * 1 green pepper, thinly sliced; * 1 red pepper, thinly sliced; * 1 (14-ounce) can crushed tomato; * 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano; * 1 tablespoon tomato paste; fried plantain:; * 2 tablespoon vegetable oil; * 2 sweet or green plantain, peeled and; * salt