First canonized woman Indian saint

Pope Benedict has done the first canonization of a woman saint from India. She was a member of the Syro-Malabar rite, and was from the state of Kerala, where the biggest concentration of Christians in India is. This is seen as a morale boost to a community facing violent Hindu persecution. The article said this was the first Indian woman saint but I can't help but believe that an apostolic church like that has some early saints that pre-dated the canonization process. I mean, Christianity has been there for 2,000 years, you'd think they'd have a woman saint by now. (Though they haven't been in communion with Rome that whole time.) Unfortunately attempting to do a Google search is somewhat futile; all the links are to this particular saint.