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Mix all ingredients except wrappers in a bowl until well combined.To make each dumping, place a wrapper on a clean surface or your palm, and heap a teaspoon or two of filling into the center, depending on the size of the wrapper. Be careful not to overfill or it will be hard to get a good seal.Moisten the inside edges of the filled wrappers using your finger or a chopstick dipped into a little water and fold over, forming crescents. Press the edges together, making pleats to seal. Make sure they are well sealed, or the filling will fall out when you cook them. For potstickers: Heat a tablespoon of canola oil into the bottom of a frying pan and place dumplings (standing up) into the pan, leaving a little room around each dumpling.Add 1/4 cup of cold water, then turn heat to low and cover pan.Cook on low heat for about 3 minutes, until water is almost evaporated, then add another 1/4 cup of cold water and repeat the process. Dumplings are done when the water has evaporated and the bottoms have a nice golden, sticky crust (potstickers!) For boiled dumplings: Bring a large pot of water to boil and carefully drop in dumplings. There should be a lot of room for them to move around. When water resumes boiling, add 1 cup of water to cool.When the water resumes boiling again, add another cup of cold water to cool. Repeat this process one more time. When the water boils for the third time, the dumplings will be done. They should be floating. Drain and serve immediately with your favorite dipping sauce. For dipping sauce: Combine soy sauce plus any combination of sesame oil, chili sauce or oil, vinegar, minced scallions, minced cilantro and minced ginger, to taste.