Heat a heavy skillet with vegetable oil until smoking point.

Stir-fry cubed potatoes and carrots until lightly browned. Remove and drain on paper towels.

Pour off oil from skillet and add ground beef, breaking it up. Season with salt, pepper, and soy sauce.

Cook ground beef over high heat until no longer pink.

Add garlic, chopped onions, bell peppers, and raisins (if using). Cook until vegetables soften.

Add bay leaf.

Add tomato sauce, stir to blend. Add peas, stir and cook.

Add stir-fried carrots and potatoes. Simmer until sauce is absorbed.

Add basil and parsley. Stir and turn off heat. Remove bay leaf.

Fry eggs sunny-side-up.

Fry plantains until golden brown.

Serve rice topped with the ground beef mixture, a fried egg, and fried plantains on the side.